Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
294. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the amount of money being spent by the Government on Ministers' pensions for those who were in power during the bank collapse; the amount being paid to whom, in tabular form, since 2007. [12159/15]
View answerAggregate information regarding ministerial pensions is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Amount (€) |
|
2013 |
€4,073,957.94 |
|
2012 |
€4,104,802.23 |
|
2011 |
€4,121,495.39 |
|
2010 |
€3,740,497.00 |
|
2009 |
€3,801,646.10 |
|
2008 |
€4,467,657.00 |
|
2007 |
€3,942,745.00 |
The following should be noted with respect to the above information: the totals can include pensions paid to individuals who held positions other than ministerial office, for example, the data for 2007 and 2008 includes pensions paid to persons who had served as Attorney General; the information does not include severance payments to ex Ministers; the information does not include pensions paid to the spouses and children of deceased Ministers; the totals are on a gross basis i.e. amounts surrendered to the Exchequer are not subtracted; the totals are net of Public Service Pension Reduction where relevant; the information is in respect of payments directly charged to the Central Fund and, therefore, does not include pensions paid by other public bodies from voted moneys or otherwise, for example, pensions paid by the Oireachtas Commission.
Regarding the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the pensions amounts paid to individuals, details were published in the Finance Accounts for the years 2007 and 2008. The accounts are deposited with the Dáil Library. Since 2009 the information in respect of individual amounts has been published on my Department's website.
The 2014 data is being compiled at present and will be published alongside the Finance Accounts in September of this year, following the completion of the statutory audit of the accounts.
