Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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573. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have left the Civil Service in each of the past five years to date either by way of natural retirement or redundancy; the extent to which the national pay bill has been affected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13622/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have primary responsibility for the civil service. There have been 6,262 retirements from the civil service in the 5 year period from 2011 to 2015. The retirements are broken out by year in the following table. With civil service salaries averaging around €49,000over the period, it can be seen that these retirements gave rise to a gross reduction in the civil service pay bill of c. €300 million. However, it should be noted that there is a corresponding increase in the pension bill. The civil service annual pension pay bill increased by c. €75 million over the same period. This latter number is lower than might be expected because it is affected by savings as retirees die, and pensions generally being slightly less than 50% of pay (which is the rate that applies after 40 years of service).

CSO Earnings and Labour Costs