Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the schemes of early retirement, voluntary redundancy and redeployment will be applied by her Department in respect of the members of trade unions who voted against the Croke Park agreement and if she will indicate the precise distinctions that will be drawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42550/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Currently there are no schemes for early retirement or voluntary redundancy open to officials at my Department other than the Cost Neutral Early Retirement Scheme which was introduced in early 2005.

In the event any further new schemes of early retirement, voluntary redundancy or redeployment programmes are introduced for all civil servants or for staff of a particular grade, they will be offered to those that qualify regardless of their union affiliation. The introduction of such schemes for the civil or public service under the terms of the Croke Park agreement is a matter for the Minister for Finance in the first instance.