Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
1999. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of her Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26978/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman and the Social Welfare Tribunal.
Neither the Pensions Council nor the Social Welfare Tribunal has employees. The requested information in relation to the pension contributions by public service staff of the Citizens Information Board, Pensions Authority and Pensions Ombudsman is set out in tabular form below.
The public service Pension-Related Deduction (PRD), which is not a pension contribution, is applied to the pay of pensionable public servants, under terms set out in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009, as amended. It is sometimes referred to as the “pensions levy”. The tables below also include the requested information in relation to the Pension-Related Deduction.
Citizens Information Board
|
YEAR |
Employee Contributions to Pension Scheme (excludes Single Public Service Pension Scheme) |
Employee Contributions to Single Public Service Scheme: |
Amount of Public Service Pension- Related Deductions (PRD) |
|
2010 |
€ 326,717.00 |
- |
€ 289,290.00 |
|
2011 |
€ 306,469.00 |
- |
€ 279,511.00 |
|
2012 |
€ 295,350.00 |
- |
€ 266,188.00 |
|
2013 |
€ 273,500.00 |
- |
€ 257,807.00 |
|
2014 |
€ 250,002.00 |
- |
€ 231,839.00 |
|
2015 |
€ 231,600.00 |
- |
€ 214,220.00 |
|
2016 |
€ 211,177.00 |
€ 3,063.00 |
€ 154,594.00 |
|
2017 YTD |
€ 72,058.00 |
€ 4,687.00 |
€ 54,906.00 |
Pensions Authority
|
YEAR |
Employee Contributions to Pension Scheme (excludes Single Public Service Pension Scheme) |
Employee Contributions to Single Public Service Scheme |
Amount of Public Service Pension-Related Deductions (PRD) |
|
2010 |
€ 118,577.00 |
- |
€ 146,126.00 |
|
2011 |
€ 125,390.00 |
- |
€ 153,306.00 |
|
2012 |
€ 173,532.00 |
- |
€ 184,779.00 |
|
2013 |
€ 133,831.00 |
€ 1,536.00 |
€ 178,187.00 |
|
2014 |
€ 134,546.00 |
€ 5,508.00 |
€ 169,895.00 |
|
2015 |
€ 115,915.00 |
€ 5,441.61 |
€ 144,401.00 |
|
2016 |
€ 97,039.55 |
€ 21,842.45 |
€ 125,556.00 |
|
2017 YTD |
€ 36,080.63 |
€ 10,848.74 |
€ 47,511.07 |
Pensions Ombudsman
|
YEAR |
Employee contributions to Pension Scheme (excludes Single Public Service Pension Scheme) |
Employee Contributions to Single Public Service Scheme: |
Amount of Public Service Pension- Related Deductions (PRD) |
|
2010 |
€ 7,315.00 |
- |
€ 11,120.00 |
|
2011 |
€ 7,302.00 |
- |
€ 11,099.00 |
|
2012 |
€ 7,301.00 |
- |
€ 11,099.00 |
|
2013 |
€ 6,909.00 |
- |
€ 10,464.00 |
|
2014 |
€ 6,476.00 |
- |
€ 9,641.00 |
|
2015 |
€ 5,334.00 |
- |
€ 7,418.00 |
|
2016 |
€ 2,003.00 |
- |
€ 2,375.00 |
|
2017 YTD |
- |
- |
- |
