I move:
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £94,200 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1964, for Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and sundry other Statutes; Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries; etc.
First of all, in regard to Subhead A and Subhead B, increases are attributable to a larger number of retirements than had been expected and in particular, to the discharge from the Department of Social Welfare of a certain number of officials who were regarded as redundant and were offered very favourable terms to retire. There was no pressure except that they were offered favourable terms. The savings from the deaths of pensioners were less than anticipated. The expectation of life was longer.
