Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the incentivised career breaks, currently being offered to Gardaí, to the wider civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6465/13]

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any proposals to introduce incentivised career breaks to the wider civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6506/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 81 together.

The Government is committed to developing a leaner, more efficient Public Service. To this end, the Government has decided to accelerate the reduction in Public Service numbers in order to achieve the previous end 2015 target of 282,500 by end 2014 instead.

Greater efficiencies in the way the Public Service is going about its business means that some posts have been identified by Departments as surplus. Where surplus staff cannot be redeployed, a range of exit mechanisms will be considered on a sector by sector basis including incentivised career breaks, where appropriate.