Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will be paid a preserved pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59890/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Officials from my Department have raised the case with the National Shared Services Office (NSSO), which is responsible for the administration of Civil Service pensions. I understand that following further correspondence between the NSSO and the former employing department (the Department of Justice) the NSSO has recently been provided with all the documentation needed to process the application for preserved pension.

The NSSO will contact the individual directly once this has been completed. Subject to all the documentation being in order, the pension benefits will be processed as soon as possible and pension arrears will be paid as appropriate.

Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full administrative costs of administering Exchequer pensions from the 18 votes from which pension expenditure is made, disaggregated by vote in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59904/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the Irish public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors.

It would be a matter for those sectoral authorities, including relevant Ministers, to supply such information.

I and my Department are responsible for the civil service pension schemes, which cover personnel in established and unestablished civil service and State Industrial posts. The National Shared Services Office (NSSO) process pensions on behalf of Vote 12 Superannuation and Retired Allowances. I can only answer in respect of Vote 12 for 2019 and 2020 as the practice of NSSO providing a service cost only commenced in 2019.

In respect of Vote 12, the costs of administering civil service pensions for 2019 and 2020 are as provided in the table below.