Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Department, including all authorities, agencies or other institutions under the aegis of her Department, who have applied for the incentivised early retirement scheme and the incentivised career break scheme; the number who have been made redundant in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29313/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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To date a total of 19 staff in my Department have applied for early retirement under the incentivised scheme for early retirement. A further 1 member of staff has applied under this scheme in the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, whose staffing complement comes from within the overall Department of Health and Children staffing numbers. The scheme remains open for applications until 1st September 2009.

In addition 13 members of staff in my Department have applied under the incentivised career break scheme. This scheme is now closed. In the past twelve months 5 members of staff previously attached to Ministers of State were made redundant with effect from 22nd April, 2009, the date on which the Ministers of State ceased to hold that Office, in accordance with their contracts.

The information in relation to agencies under the aegis of my Department is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy when available. In relation to the number of applicants under both Schemes in the HSE, this is a matter directly for the HSE and accordingly, your Parliamentary Question has been referred to the Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.