Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 March 2018
549. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active defined benefit pension schemes and members in each of the years since 2010 and to date in 2018. [10895/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTables 1 and 2 set out the number of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes and members from 2010 to the end of 2017. DB scheme data is issued on an end of year basis so it is not possible to provide figures for 2018.
Table 1 – DB schemes and members subject to the funding standard
|
Year |
Total number of schemes |
Frozen schemes |
Schemes in wind-up |
Number of active members |
|
2010 |
1,013 |
85 |
- |
222,072 |
|
2011 |
993 |
115 |
20 |
197,177 |
|
2012 |
933 |
121 |
57 |
189,644 |
|
2013 |
890 |
139 |
86 |
178,619 |
|
2014 |
778 |
164 |
58 |
139,877 |
|
2015 |
715 |
189 |
44 |
125,995 |
|
2016 |
677 |
212 |
32 |
111,535 |
|
2017 |
640 |
194 |
41 |
105,414 |
Table 2 – DB schemes not subject to the funding standard
|
Year |
Number of schemes |
Frozen schemes |
Schemes in wind-up |
Number of active members |
|
2010 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
328,157 |
|
2011 |
105 |
0 |
0 |
335,551 |
|
2012 |
107 |
0 |
0 |
338,037 |
|
2013 |
108 |
0 |
0 |
328,435 |
|
2014 |
108 |
0 |
0 |
329,889 |
|
2015 |
99 |
0 |
0 |
339,155 |
|
2016 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
360,073 |
|
2017 |
98 |
0 |
0 |
351,806 |
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
