Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The work on that is almost complete. It has been complicated by the fact that public servants hired at different times have different contracts. Generally speaking, people hired before 2004 must retire at 65, those hired between 2004 and 2012 have no retirement age and those hired after 2012 have a retirement age of 70. The fact that there are three different contract groups has complicated the matter somewhat. I met the Minister for Finance yesterday and this was one of the matters we discussed. He intends to bring a memo or proposal to Government within two weeks.

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