Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension schemes that are to come into force in 2012. [25779/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that, to date, thirteen employees of my Department have formally expressed an interest in retiring before the end of February 2012. While I understand that a number of other staff have made preliminary enquiries about retirement, my Department does not maintain records of such cases. As the Deputy will appreciate, enquiries of that nature may not necessarily result in retirements taking place during the period in question.