Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 13 Jun 1995

Vol. 454 No. 3

Written Answers. - Pension Receipt Statistics.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

159 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give a breakdown of the total number of people in receipt of retirement pensions and old-age pensions; and the estimated number that will be in receipt of pension to the year 2000. [10575/95]

Minister for Social Welfare (Proinsias De Rossa)

The number of people in receipt of retirement pensions and old age pensions, contributory and non-contributory, at the end of 1994 broken down by sex, is set out in the following table.

Numbers in Receipt

Payment Type	Male	Female	Total
Retirement Pensions	47,326	14,885	62,211
Old Age Pension (Contributory)	44,622	26,198	70,820
Old Age Pension (Non-contributory)	46,473	61,828	108,301

The National Pension Board, in its reportDeveloping the National Pensions System published in December 1993, estimated that by the year 2000 there would be 175,000 people in receipt of old age-retirement pensions and a further 65,000 people in receipt of old age non-contributory pensions, giving an overall estimated figure of 240,000 people in receipt of old age-retirement pensions by that year. The National Pensions Board did not provide estimated figures for the intervening years.