Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Does this mean the Minister discounts the advice given to him by the AGSI, whose members told him they feared for the capacity to discharge their managerial functions given the expected rate of early retirement? When he gives me the figure for the number who have left in the first four months of this year, has he figures available with regard to the prospective retirements for the rest of the year? When he states the extension of retirement age is a factor, is he suggesting that issues such as the pension levy are not a factor at all? Is he not mindful of the advice given to him by those at various levels of the Garda Síochána, who said this would drive a number of them out early? Is he suggesting their fear that their gratuity would be taxed is no longer the case and that they need not fear this? Can he say how his target of 15,000 for the end of year is likely to be affected by this haemorrhage of early retirements?

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