Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42670/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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No retired civil or public servants have been rehired by my Department.

With regard to the Agencies under the aegis of my Department the outgoing chairman of the board of the Public Appointments Service was reappointed by me in September 2011 (he is a former Civil Servant). Additionally in the course of running recruitment competitions for the public service, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) avails, inter alia, of trained and experienced retired public servants as interviewers and assessors. At any given time, PAS would have approx 60 active on their database who may be used from time to time for short periods. For this work, retired members are paid on a fee-per-day basis and are subject to tax and other relevant deductions. The fees are linked to pre-retirement grades and take account of the principal of pension’s abatement.

The Office of Public Works currently has two staff members retained under the abatement principle for a period up to the end of November, 2012. They are both in the grade of District Inspector.