Written answers

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Department of Finance

Departmental Staff

8:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the recently announced career break scheme for civil servants to staff employed in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/09]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In the Supplementary Budget 2009, I said that consideration would be given to the early extension of the incentivised career break scheme and the shorter working year scheme to other appropriate areas of the public service, as part of the Government's efforts to achieve a reduction in spending on the paybill. My Department wrote to the Personnel Officers in all Government Departments on 5th May 2009 informing them they should arrange for the implementation of these or similar arrangements by bodies under the aegis of their Department, where appropriate, in consultation with the relevant Vote section of my Department.

In this context, I understand that it is proposed to extend the schemes to the local government and education sectors, where appropriate, shortly. In relation to the health sector I understand that processing of applications under the incentivised career break scheme and the incentivised early retirement scheme in that sector has been temporarily suspended because of a directive from health sector unions to their members not to co-operate with various necessary flexibility measures.

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