Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 November 2022
226. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of payments made for all public sector pensions, including Civil Service pensions, over the past five years, in tabular form; the projected cost for these over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56415/22]
View answerI and my Department are responsible for the Civil Service pension schemes, which cover personnel in established and unestablished Civil Service and State Industrial posts.
The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the Irish public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors.
It would be a matter for those sectoral authorities, including relevant Ministers, to supply such information as may be available in respect of the number of retirees in each year to those individual pension schemes.
Total pension payments to Civil Servants in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 are outlined below. We would not be in a position to provide final figures for 2022 until such time as the full year has elapsed and the Appropriation Account for 2022 has been audited. This will be completed over the course of 2023.
Total payments to Civil Servants in each of the years 2017 to 2021
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5 Year Expenditure Summary 2017 to 2021 |
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2017 Outturn |
2018 Outturn |
2019 Outturn |
2020 Outturn |
2021 Outturn |
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€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
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Gross Expenditure |
535.5 |
573.2 |
598.7 |
628.4 |
698.5 |
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Projected Expenditure 2022 to 2023 |
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2022 Estimate |
2023 Estimate |
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€m |
€m |
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Gross Expenditure |
707.6 |
787.6 |
