Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from positions in his Department or from State bodies under the aegis of his Department. [14204/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to retirements under the grace period as specified under the Public Service Pension Rights Order 2011 (S.I. No. 80 of 2011) which was signed on 23 February 2011, as there was no early retirement scheme provided for under the Croke Park Agreement.

The Public Service Pension Rights Order 2011 specified 29 February 2012 as the end date for the grace period within which pensions would be unaffected by the pay cuts introduced in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009. Between I January 2010 and 29 February 2012, 91 people retired from my Department, none of whom resided in County Clare at the time of retirement.

I have asked the agencies under the remit of my Department to respond directly to the Deputy in the matter.