Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25240/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I presume the Deputy is primarily interested in whether any staff of my Department who retired and benefited from the transitional arrangements that operated up to 29th February 2012 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, have subsequently been re-employed. In that context, no staff member who retired from my Department in the period referred to by the Deputy has been subsequently re-employed by my Department.

It should be noted that on occasion retired public servants may be engaged mainly on a short term basis because of their specific knowledge and expertise in a particular area. In the period April 2011 to April 2012 a total of 10 persons fell into this category in respect of my Department.