Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the anticipated number of retirements from An Garda Siochana in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55686/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Members of An Garda Síochána may retire on a voluntary basis once they have reached 50 years of age and have accrued 30 years service. Members must retire on compulsory age grounds on reaching the age of 60.

In actual fact, most Gardaí take voluntary retirement ahead of their compulsory retirement age and it is not possible to predict with any certainty the number of Gardaí who will leave the Force during the course of any one year.

The below table show the number of voluntary retirements so far notified for 2013 (although this is not a basis for forecasting the likely number of retirements) and the current number of compulsory retirements due in each of the years 2013 - 2017 inclusive.