Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2009
111 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of her Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and 2008. [9949/09]
View answerThe issue of superannuation and pension contributions paid by public servants in the Agencies is a day to day administration matter for the Agencies and Bodies concerned and is an area in which I have no function.
112 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid by public servants in her Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and 2008. [9964/09]
View answerThe amount paid in superannuation and pension contributions by public servants in my Department in 2007 was €1,374,559.31. This figure includes €120,013.26 in contributions for additional service purchased by staff who would otherwise have less than the maximum reckonable service at retirement age.
The amount of contributions paid in 2008 was €1,585,462.46, including €138,203.76 in purchased service.
The figures provided comprise superannuation and pension contributions paid by staff of my Department and its Offices, as well as contributions paid by staff in the Competition Authority, the Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority and the National Consumer Agency, for whom my Department provides payroll services.
