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Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers
and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social
welfare entitlements.
Departmental Staff
362. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline on a
yearly basis form 2008 to 2015 in respect of staff leaving the public service in her Department;
the cost of lump sums; the cost of severance payments; the cost of pensions of those leaving
the service through retirement or other means; the loss of the pension levy from employees
who have left; the loss of superannuation payments from retired or departed employees, in
tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8442/12]
Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton): The table shows the number of staff
who retired from my Department from 2008 to date (10 February); the amount paid to those
officers in lump sums; and the annual estimated gross pension costs per annum associated with
those retired staff members which does not include the Public Service Pension Reduction.
Details of future retirements up to 2015, apart from those in respect of staff members who may
reach maximum retirement age in that period, are not readily available and due to the pressure
of work in the HR pensions area at present I am not in a position to provide these details. I
can, however, inform the Deputy that a further 202 staff members have applied to retire before
29 February 2012 and their applications are currently being processed.
During the period from 2008 no severance payments were made to staff retiring from my
Department. Figures in relation to the loss of the pension levy from employees who have
retired from my Department and the loss of superannuation payments from retired staff of my
Department are not available:
Year Number of retirements Lump sums Pensions
2008 80 €5,094,146.97 €1,666,127.75
2009 257 €11,998,046.98 €6,309,771.95
2010 98 €5,075,274.43 €2,309,060.71
2011 118 €6,415,699.86 €2,063,324.11
2012 to date 35 €2,225,574.31 €805,867.40
Redundancy Payments
363. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding
a redundancy payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County
Clare. [8446/12]
Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton): A redundancy lump sum claim in
respect of the person concerned was awarded on 6 February 2012 and a cheque payment issued
directly to the person concerned.
Social Welfare Code
364. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the
entitlements available to a person who is compelled due to ill health as certified by medical
consultants and who has been in self employment for the past 35 years or so; and if she will
make a statement on the matter. [8467/12]
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