Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

When will the public service management (recruitment and appointments) Act 2004 (amendment) Bill come before the House? Will this Bill include provisions to ensure that public servants who retire on large pensions will not be rehired at a time when huge numbers of qualified unemployed people cannot get work? This week, a reply to a parliamentary question revealed 67 retired teachers were rehired, even though there are thousands of teachers of my age and younger who have failed to get employment.

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