Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals employed in the Civil Service who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7119/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I would point out to the Deputy that the reply below is in respect of my own Department and offices under the remit of my Department only. My other ministerial colleagues will provide the information separately in respect of their own Departments. By employment I understand the Deputy to refer to the full or part time employment of retired civil servants as part of the staffing of the Department. In this regard, I am not aware of any such cases in my Department. Retired civil servants are however engaged by the Department and some of the Offices under my Department's remit, from time to time for specific tasks or projects. Such engagements are normally remunerated on a fee basis but in some cases, indeed, retired civil servants have provided their services without any additional remuneration.

I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that records of past employments of new recruits are not captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling the information requested by the Deputy. Accordingly, the specific information requested is not available.

The OPW has a current workforce of over 2,000 which rises by approximately 500 during the summer months. This workforce is made up of civil servants and State Industrial employees, including seasonal and on-call workers. The Office does not record the past employment of recruits in such a way as to provide a complete and composite basis for compiling the information requested. This would require the setting up of separate statistical records through the examination of each individual staff member's file, assuming the staff member provided the information in the first instance.

However, I am advised that during 2008 four retired District Inspectors from the OPW were re-employed by the OPW and earned a total of €72,641.82 between them. Their annual pension entitlements as of 1 September 2008 amount to approximately €57,200 between them. Both figures provided are made up of different individual amounts. In relation to other offices under the remit of my Department, the following is the position:

Public Appointments Service — one permanent staff member

Valuation Office — one officer (13 weeks to cover Term Time absence).

In the other offices under my Department's aegis, there are no such people employed.