Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of compulsory retirements on ill health grounds in the Irish Prison Service in each of the past 20 years; the number that were work related and non-work related respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11105/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service unfortunately only holds statistics in relation to ill health retirements from 2006 onwards.  

The following are the number of ill health retirements from the IPS in each year since 2006:

200612

200726

20087

200922

201013

20117

20126

20138

20146

201510

201619

201717

2018 (to date)  4

The records do not categorise these retirements as being compulsory or on the initiative of the officer, or whether the illnesses were work-related or not. I can, however, inform the Deputy that virtually all recent such retirements have been initiated by the officer him/herself.