Brendan Kenneally
Ceist:163 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Defence the number of court cases regarding Army service pensions which have been initiated or are pending and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7916/95]
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163 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Defence the number of court cases regarding Army service pensions which have been initiated or are pending and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7916/95]
164 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Defence the number of court cases in relation to Army disability pensions which have been initiated or are pending and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7917/95]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 164 together.
There are currently no cases in which legal proceedings have been initiated or are pending regarding the award of service pensions under the Defence Forces pensions schemes. Legal proceedings are being undertaken in four cases relating to disability pensions under the Army Pensions Acts.
165 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Defence the number of approvals and refusals in respect of applications for Army disability pensions in each of the last ten years. [7918/95]
The information requested in regard to applications for Disability Pensions under the Army Pensions Acts for the years 1990 to 1994 is as follows:
Year |
Awarded |
Refusals |
|
Disability pensions |
Disablement Gratuities |
||
1990 |
12 |
27 |
24 |
1991 |
14 |
21 |
22 |
1992 |
22 |
20 |
17 |
1993 |
28 |
23 |
10 |
1994 |
5 |
15 |
5 |
166 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Defence when the stipulation was brought into force requiring any person leaving the Army to apply for an Army disability pension within eight years of leaving the force; the efforts, if any, made to bring this stipulation to the notice of people in the Army prior to 1992, particularly those who were illiterate; the procedures in place for those who only suffered disablement after the period of eight years had elapsed from the time they left the Army where the disablement was directly caused by their time in the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7919/95]
Under the Army Pensions Acts a disability pension may be granted to a former member of the Permanent Defence Force in respect of permanent disablement due to—
(a) a wound or injury attributable to service in the Defence Forces;
(b) a disease, but only if attributable to or aggravated by service with a United Nations Force.