asked the Minister for Transport and Power if he will state with regard to the CIE Wages Grade Superannuation Scheme (a) the number of employees contributing to the Scheme (b) the amount contributed annually by employees since its inception (c) the age group of employees contributing to the Scheme (d) the annual amount paid out in pensions since its inception, the number of people in receipt of pensions and the age grouping of pensioners (e) the amount in the fund at the latest available date (f) the total interest accruing since the fund was established (g) details of the investments of the fund and the rate of interest (h) the amount contributed to the fund by CIE since its inception (i) the names of the trustees of the fund and by whom they were appointed and (j) the method used to decide how money in the fund is invested.

The information sought by the Deputy in parts (b), (d), (f) and (h) of his question is not readily available and could not be compiled without a detailed examination of the records for the past 29 years. This would entail an amount of work altogether disproportionate to the value of the information sought. The information given below in relation to these parts of the question relates to the year ending 31st December, 1971.

The information sought by the Deputy is as follows: