Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension and who have been re-employed either part time or full time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Retired public and civil servants are engaged from time to time by my Department in areas where specific expertise is required for a short fixed period and these staff provide a level of knowledge, experience and background compatible with such requirements. There are currently 2 former civil or public servants who have been employed in my Department on temporary contracts.

The abatement principle, which ensures that the fee or salary paid plus pension does not exceed the rate of pay the pensioner would receive if he/she had continued service in their former post, applies to payments as appropriate .

Details in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned.