Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount in pension contributions for teachers made by her Department in 2021; and the projected total pension contributions in each of the years 2022 to 2025. [4722/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department acts as paymaster for teachers employed by the management authorities of Primary, Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive Schools. My Department does not make pension contributions on behalf of teachers. However, during 2021 my Department facilitated the deduction of €204.7m in pension contributions from teachers in respect of their membership of superannuation schemes. Based on the pension contributions deducted in recent years It is projected that there will be a 4.5% annual increase in contributions deducted.