(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the formulation of a pension policy to procure the adjustment of the income of retired State servants to increasing living costs.
12.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Retired State Servants.
11.
(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Finance whether, in view of the inflationary increase in living costs occasioned by the turnover tax and the ninth round wage increase, he intends shortly to introduce any measure to alleviate the deteriorating economic position of retired State service personnel.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 12 together.
I have nothing to add to my reply of 29th January, 1964, to questions on this subject by Deputies Cosgrave, Barrett and Ryan.
(South Tipperary): Would the Minister not agree that some system of automatic adjustment would be preferable to the present ad hoc system of periodic adjustment based as it is on pressure grouping, political expediency and sometimes political bias?
I do not know exactly what the Deputy has in mind.
13.
(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Finance if he will give an estimate of the cost to the State of equating the pensions of retired State servants with the pensions of those currently retired in the under-mentioned categories; and if he can state the number involved and the cost involved in each category: (a) civil servants, (b) Garda Síochána, (c) national teachers, (d) national exservicemen, (e) vocational teachers, (f) secondary teachers, (g) local government officials and (h) resigned and dismissed RIC.
The information desired by the Deputy is not available and could not be compiled without an expenditure of time and labour which would not be warranted.