Pensions Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Questions (313)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

313. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a secondary UK state pension as notified to his Department by the UK's Department for Work and Pensions in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; the number of persons here in receipt of a US social security pension, as notified by US authorities in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and the number of persons in receipt of pensions from other EU or EEA states as notified to his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, by country, in tabular form. [39775/16]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The information requested is not available as my Department is not notified of the number of recipients of a secondary pension from the United Kingdom by the Department for Work and Pensions; nor is it notified of the number of recipients of a pension from other EU/EEA states. As a result of the bilateral social security agreement with the United States, the US authorities provide an annual summary of all US benefits paid to residents in Ireland. However, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of the number of beneficiaries of a US social security pension from this data. The following table shows the number of persons in receipt of US benefits as notified by the US authorities to my Department in December of each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015:

Year	Total number of beneficiaries of US Benefits paid to residents in Ireland
2013	10,025
2014	10,127
2015	10,194