Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the location and grade of all public servants within her Department or related agencies who, while not having reached the minimum retirement age to avail of cost-neutral early retirement, will benefit from the provisions under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009; her plans to continue the service provided by each of the retiring staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10572/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Civil servants can retire under the Cost Neutral Early Retirement Scheme once they reach fifty years of age. There were no retirements in my Department of staff who were less than fifty years of age during 2011. Two Clerical Officers based in local offices outside of Dublin have retired from my Department in 2012 without reaching the minimum retirement age of fifty. Both officers retired under the Ill Health Retirement scheme under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009.

With regard to the agencies under the auspices of my Department, there were no retirements of staff who were less than fifty years of age in 2011 or 2012. The staffing needs of all areas within my Department are continuously reviewed, having regard to workloads, management priorities and competing demands in order to ensure that the best use is made of available resources and an efficient service is provided to customers.