Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who retired across the public and private sector combined over the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62223/21]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons who are due to retire across the public and private combined over the next five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62224/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 137 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is not held by the Department of Social Protection. The Department holds information on persons in receipt of State pension (contributory) and State pension (non-contributory) the details of which over the past 5 years are below.

The table shows the numbers of applicants for state pension over the past five years. It is not possible to state, with any certainty, how many of these people have retired.