Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2023
383. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and details of compensation or redress schemes put in place by her Department since 1998, in tabular form; the number of claims made; the total cost of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6469/23]
View answerThe Department of Social Protection is a payment provider for two redress schemes. The Department provides payments, on an agency basis, for The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme. This scheme is administered by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Department of Social Protection is only the payment provider for the scheme and does not make determinations on entitlement. Details on the number of claims and cost of the scheme have been provided by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth at gov.ie - The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme
In addition, the Department of Social Protection provides payments, on an agency basis, on behalf of the Department of Finance for the purpose of the discharge of the approved liabilities of the Waterford Crystal pensioners’ lump sum payments and Waterford Crystal ongoing pension payments. The details of this scheme, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in tabular format below:
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Details of compensation or redress schemes put in place by the Department of Social Protection since 1988 |
Number of Claims |
Total Cost |
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Waterford Crystal Pensioners’ lump sum payments and Waterford Crystal ongoing pension payments, under section 48B of the Pensions Act 1990 as inserted by section 4 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2) Act 2014. |
The settlement is confined to approximately 1,700 scheme members with preserved pension entitlements on the date of wind-up of the schemes in 2009. |
Lump sum payments totalling just under €44 million were issued under the settlement terms, with the bulk of these payments in 2015. Currently, there are 675 individuals in receipt of additional pension payments at an annual cost of approximately €7 million. |
