Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 October 2016
341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on maximum lump sum payments to retiring public servants in 2016, in view of media commentary to the effect that sums of €1 million have been paid out. [28554/16]
View answerNotwithstanding that my direct responsibility is for pensions in the civil service rather than the wider public service, I am not aware of any public service pension payment at the level referred to by the Deputy. In 2016 to date, there have been 2 lump sums paid to retiring senior civil servants with a value in the range of €250,000 to €270,000. These are the highest lump sum payments made to retiring civil servants in the period. The bulk of lump sums will be at a considerably lower level.
