asked the Minister for Finance the total annual amount being paid out in the form of State pensions, and the estimated amount required to increase pensions to a figure related to the fall in the purchasing power of the pound.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - State Pensions.
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Exchequer expenditure on public service pensions for the year ended 31st March, 1961, was £4,892,448. This figure does not include other benefits such as lump sums, death gratuities, marriage gratuities, etc., the cost of which, in the same period, amounted to £1,370,049. The information requested by the Deputy in the second part of his question is not available.