Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

With regard to the proposed retirement scheme for public servants, is there any kind of Cabinet sub-committee or monitoring process to discover the number of public servants likely to retire? Has the Taoiseach any figures for his own Department as to the number of civil servants wishing to retire early under the scheme and civil servants who have sought to take leave under the scheme announced in the budget? Who will make the decision in the Taoiseach's Department and in other Departments as to whose retirement application will be accepted and whose will be rejected, perhaps on the grounds that the person is indispensable? Is there any kind of committee at Cabinet level to oversee this scheme because otherwise-----

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