Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Civil Service recruitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47510/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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There is no prohibition on civil or public servants who have retired under normal circumstances on applying for a publicly advertised public service post for which they are suitably qualified. However, restrictions on further public service appointments apply to staff who opted for early retirement under the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12/09 (applying to Civil Service) and the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 of 1 November 2010 (applying to the Health Service Executive).

From time to time, retired civil servants are engaged by Departments for specific tasks or assignments.  Such engagements are normally remunerated on a fee basis and provision exists for fees to be abated, where appropriate, by reference to pension payments. 

It is obviously important for all public bodies to ensure that appropriate mechanisms are in place to ensure  that appropriate knowledge transfer takes place in advance of the retirement of key personnel at all levels in such organisations.