Bernard Allen
Question:158 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence if a gratuity benefit of £7,740 can be immediately paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was employed as a civil employee at Haulbowline naval dockyard from 9 April 1985 to 23 July 1998 and who has been told that neither his pension nor gratuity benefit will be paid until he reaches his 65th birthday. [18659/98]