Pension Provisions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 October 2010

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Ceisteanna (217)

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

285 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the value of the pension payment on an annualised basis to the highest paid public sector pensioner in each of the public bodies under the remit of her Department and all public service pensioners not paid by the Office of the Paymaster General; the number in receipt of this level of pension; the total number in receipt of a pension in excess of €155,000 and in each bracket below this at intervals of €20,000. [35255/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport (Deputy Mary Hanafin)

There is no pensioner in the bodies under the aegis of my Department is receipt of an annual pension in excess of €155,000. The further information requested by the Deputy relating to public service pensioners not paid by the office of the Paymaster General is set out in tabular form.

Name of Body	Maximum pension and number in receipt	Number of Pensions above €155,000	Number Between €135,001 – €155,000	Number Between €115,001 – €135,000	Number Between €95,001 – €115,000	Number Between €75,001 – €95,000	Number Between €55,001 – €75,000	Number Between €35,001 – €55,000	Number Between €15,001 – €35,000	Number below €15,000
Arts Council	€48,041 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5
Irish Film Board	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chester Beatty Library	€16,700 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Crawford Art Gallery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fáilte Ireland	€88,997 (1)	0	0	0	0	5	15	49	124	122
Irish Museum of Modern Art	€14,049 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Irish Sports Council	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
National Concert Hall	€9,235 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
National Library of Ireland	€43,389 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	6
National Museum of Ireland	€36,235 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
National Sports Campus Development Authority *	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tourism Ireland Ltd.	€61,356 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3