Brendan Howlin
Ceist:210 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Finance if the component of the pension scheme which came into force in 1984 for staff employed under the secretarial assistance scheme for Deputies and Senators, comprising a lump sum on retirement is an entitlement incorporated in the conditions of employment of the staff members covered by the scheme or an ex gratia payment; the precise section of the pension scheme in which the lump sum entitlement is described; if a copy of the full pension scheme, as distinct from the three page summary thereof, will be placed in the Oireachtas Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23410/02]