Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down the number of civil servants who retired at 65 years of age in 2015; the number of these who had full service; the number who had between 35 and 40 years service; the number who had between 30 and 35 years service; the number who had between 25 and 30 years service; and those with less than 25 years service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19710/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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On the basis of analysis of data held on the civil service human resources management system, two hundred and fifteen civil servants retired at 65 years of age in 2015.

The analysis by years of service requested by the Deputy is as follows: the number of these who had full service was 40; between 35 and 40 years service was 18; between 30 and 35 years service was 12; between 25 and 30 years service was 9; and with less than 25 years service was 136.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why civil servants with less than 40 years service at 65 years of age are not allowed to keep working until they reach either 40 years service or 70 years of age with the obligation to retire when whichever of these occurs first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19712/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Both the compulsory retirement age and the minimum pension age provisions to which a civil servant may be subject depend on the conditions of the pension scheme applicable at the date of their original recruitment and legislation, both of which are subject to change over time in response to such considerations as demography, labour market issues and employment policy.

The Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956 provides for a maximum retirement of age 65. Arising from the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004, new entrants appointed after 2004 are not subject to a maximum retirement age and may accrue pension after age 65. The Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 imposed a maximum retirement and pension accrual age of 70 for members of the Single Scheme.