Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2011
347 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the saving to the Exchequer if all existing public service pension payments to former employees of State agencies under the aegis of his Department were capped at €35,000 per year. [29779/11]
View answerThe capping of existing pensions of former employees of State agencies would involve changes to terms and conditions and is a policy matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
The following additional information was provided under Standing Order 40A:
Pensions of former employees of State agencies under the aegis of my Department are paid directly by the agencies. Accordingly, information regarding the level of these payments is a matter, in the first instance, for each agency, and is not readily available in my Department.
However, the table outlines the number of former employees in receipt of pension payments in each State agency under the aegis of my Department as at October 2010 broken down by income band. For illustrative purposes, by calculating notional average pension payments for each income band, a notional potential saving of €1.38 million could be realised if pension payments were capped at €35,000.
|
Level of gross annual pension payable |
||||||||||
|
State Agency |
Above €155,000 |
Above €135,000 but less than €154,999 |
Above €115,000 but less than €134,999 |
Above €95,000 but less than €114,999 |
Above €75,000 but less than €94,999 |
Above €55,000 but less than €74,999 |
Above €35,000 but less than €54,999 |
Above €15,000 but less than €34,999 |
Below €15,000 |
Total |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
26 |
15 |
33 |
80 |
|
Private Rented Tenancies Board |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
An Bord Pleanala |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
31 |
|
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
National Building Agency |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
12 |
26 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Agency |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
Limerick Regeneration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Environmental Research Unit (no longer in existence |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Affordable Homes Partnership |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
An Chomhairle Leabharlanna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
23 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total Number of Pensions |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
51 |
53 |
60 |
185 |
|
Notional Average salary in income band |
€155,000 |
€145,000 |
€125,000 |
€105,000 |
€85,000 |
€65,000 |
€45,000 |
€25,000 |
€7,500 |
|
|
Notional Savings if pensions capped at €35000 |
€0 |
€0 |
€179,999 |
€0 |
€299,997 |
€389,994 |
€509,975 |
€0 |
€0 |
€1,379,964 |
