Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract work or temporary contracts to work in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44120/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that from 2012 to date, no individuals on public or civil service retirement pensions have been brought back on contract or temporary contract work.

A limited number of former public or civil servants are re-engaged from time to time on a short term basis because of their knowledge and expertise in a particular area, for example to serve on interview boards, audit committees or investigations.

It should also be noted that a small number of Temporary Clerical Officers have been recruited to provide cover for priority vacancies, or additional resources for priority short-term projects that could not be managed within existing resources. Only one of those appointed (in 2013) was in receipt of a Civil/Public Service pension while two others had preserved pensions in respect of previous service. Of the cohort of temporary clerical officers engaged in 2014 and based on the information available none are retired civil or public servants.