Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the process by which the Prison Service is offering six month contracts to retired former personnel under 60 years of age is cost effective or counter productive to the process of hiring of new recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service's recruitment of retired Prison Officers on short term contracts is a short term measure pending the sufficient recruitment of permanent Prison Officers. Recruitment of permanent Prison Officers is on-going with approximately 87 new Recruit Prison Officers this year and a further 288 Recruit Prison Officers in 2018.