Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the incentivised early retirement scheme for the Health Service Executive; if she has received a request from the HSE to lift the suspension as it applied to this scheme; her views on same; when she expects to make a decision on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7559/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I can confirm that the HSE recently requested my Department's approval to lift the suspension as it applied to the ISER, and to allow it to proceed to process to finalisation applications received prior to the closing date of 23 October, 2009. Following consideration of the proposal by my Department in consultation with the Department of Finance the HSE has now agreed that the suspension may be lifted in respect of those applications approved by the closing date of the scheme. My Department is in touch with the HSE to ensure this initiative commences without delay and in line with the original terms of the scheme.