Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on a committee or preparing a report, but not exclusively these two areas; the number on the payroll; the cost to his Department; the services being delivered for this money; and the way that the positions were originally advertised. [6267/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Six retired Public Servants (3.86 wholetime equivalents) are currently re-employed in my Department and are on the payroll. Four former staff members of my Department, who are now retired, were rehired in line with a Government Decision on the arrangements for dealing with our EU Presidency requirements. These officers have experience and expertise that is essential to a successful Presidency for Ireland in the important area of Health Policy. The fixed term contracts of employment in each of these cases will terminate as soon as our Presidency tasks have been discharged.

In addition to this I appointed Ms Maureen Windle, ex-Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Area Health Board as my Special Adviser on a two-thirds basis and Minister of State Alex White appointed one retired Public Servant as a Civilian Driver. For ease of reference I have attached the information requested by the Deputy in tabular format.

The pensions of these staff are subject to pension abatement rules.