Based on data to hand, the numbers of Civil Servants by Department who are due to retire by end-February 2012, having given notice of their intention to retire, are set out in the following table, including a breakdown by grade where relevant information is to hand.
Retirements by Department/Office and grade, January-February 2012
Department/Office
|
Grade
|
Numbers
|
Dept Total
|
Foreign Affairs
|
Assistant Secretary
|
4
|
|
|
Counsellors
|
8
|
|
|
First Secretary
|
2
|
|
|
AP
|
1
|
|
|
Assistant Legal Adviser
|
1
|
|
|
Translator
|
1
|
|
|
HEO
|
2
|
|
|
EO
|
1
|
|
|
SO
|
3
|
|
|
CO
|
10
|
|
|
Cleaner
|
1
|
34
|
Public, Expenditure and Reform
|
Second Secretary
|
1
|
|
|
PO
|
4
|
|
|
AP
|
5
|
|
|
CO
|
2
|
12
|
Finance
|
PO
|
1
|
|
|
AP
|
3
|
|
|
HEO
|
1
|
|
|
SO
|
2
|
|
|
CO
|
1
|
|
|
Asst Head Service Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Service Officer
|
2
|
11
|
State Laboratory
|
Chemist II
|
1
|
|
|
Lab Analyst
|
1
|
2
|
National Council for Special Education
|
Special Education Needs Organiser
|
2
|
|
|
AP higher
|
1
|
3
|
Houses of the Oireachtas
|
CO
|
2
|
|
|
Usher
|
5
|
|
|
Translator
|
1
|
|
|
Assistant Editor
|
1
|
9
|
Justice and Equality
|
Assistant Secretary
|
3
|
|
|
PO
|
3
|
|
|
AP
|
8
|
|
|
HEO
|
7
|
|
|
EO
|
2
|
|
|
SO
|
2
|
|
|
CO
|
8
|
|
|
Probation officer
|
11
|
|
|
Community Service Supervisor
|
1
|
|
|
Deputy Director (Forensic Science Lab)
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Lab Analyst
|
1
|
|
|
Solicitor
|
1
|
48
|
Transport, Tourism and Sport
|
Aeronautical Officer
|
1
|
|
|
AP
|
3
|
|
|
HEO
|
3
|
|
|
EO
|
3
|
|
|
Radio Officer II
|
1
|
|
|
Radio Officer III
|
3
|
|
|
Electronics Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Service Officer
|
1
|
|
|
CO
|
7
|
23
|
OPW
|
Architectural Assistant Level 4
|
5
|
|
|
Chief Technical Officer
|
1
|
|
|
HEO
|
4
|
|
|
Engineer Grade 1
|
2
|
|
|
Architect
|
1
|
|
|
Principal Architect
|
1
|
|
|
Asst Principal Architect
|
3
|
|
|
CO
|
1
|
|
|
PO Higher
|
2
|
|
|
District Inspector
|
1
|
|
|
HEO
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Architect
|
6
|
|
|
Parks Superintendent
|
2
|
|
|
EO
|
3
|
|
|
Principal Engineering Draughtsman
|
1
|
|
|
AP
|
1
|
|
|
Engineering tech grade 1 level 4
|
1
|
36
|
Defence
|
PO
|
1
|
|
|
AP
|
1
|
|
|
HEO
|
1
|
|
|
EO
|
1
|
|
|
CO
|
1
|
5
|
Ombudsman
|
Director General
|
1
|
1
|
Revenue Commissioners
|
Commissioner
|
1
|
|
|
PO
|
10
|
|
|
AP
|
43
|
|
|
HEO
|
55
|
|
|
EO
|
66
|
|
|
SO
|
6
|
|
|
CO
|
36
|
|
|
Service Officer
|
5
|
222
|
Environment, Community and Local Government
|
Supervising Housing Inspector
|
1
|
|
Senior Meteorologist
|
1
|
|
Meteorologist
|
1
|
|
Local Government Auditor
|
1
|
|
Principal Meteorological Officer
|
1
|
|
Meteorological Officer
|
1
|
|
Principal Auditor
|
1
|
|
PO
|
1
|
|
AP
|
4
|
|
HEO
|
3
|
|
EO
|
3
|
|
SO
|
1
|
|
CO
|
4
|
|
Service Officer
|
2
|
25
|
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
|
Assistant Director
|
1
|
|
AP
|
2
|
|
CO
|
1
|
|
HEO
|
2
|
|
Petroleum Exploration (Specialist)
|
1
|
|
PO
|
1
|
|
Principal Geologist
|
1
|
|
Senior Geologist
|
2
|
11
|
Education and Skills
|
Secretary General
|
1
|
|
|
CO
|
1
|
|
|
SO
|
2
|
|
|
EO
|
3
|
|
|
HEO
|
3
|
|
|
AP
|
2
|
|
|
PO
|
2
|
|
|
Inspector
|
10
|
|
|
Psychologist
|
7
|
|
|
Service Officer
|
1
|
32
|
State Examinations Commission
|
Examination and Assessment Manager
|
3
|
|
|
AP
|
1
|
|
|
EO
|
1
|
|
|
Head Service Officer
|
1
|
6
|
Valuation Office
|
Managing Valuer (PO)
|
2
|
|
|
Valuer Grade 1
|
2
|
|
|
Valuer Grade 2
|
1
|
|
|
Valuer Grade 3 (AO)
|
1
|
|
|
EO
|
1
|
7
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine
|
Agricultural Inspector
|
4
|
|
|
Area Superintendent
|
3
|
|
|
Assistant Principal
|
8
|
|
|
Chief Analyst
|
1
|
|
|
Chief Engineer (Fisheries) on PO scale
|
1
|
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
22
|
|
|
Dairy Produce Officer
|
1
|
|
|
District Superintendent
|
14
|
|
|
Engineer Grade 2 (Harbour Master)
|
1
|
|
|
Executive Officer
|
16
|
|
|
Forestry Inspector Grade 1
|
1
|
|
|
Forestry Inspector Grade 2
|
2
|
|
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
11
|
|
|
Inspector Grade 2
|
1
|
|
|
Laboratory Analyst
|
1
|
|
|
Laboratory Attendant
|
2
|
|
|
Poultry Officer
|
2
|
|
|
Principal
|
1
|
|
|
Research Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Rural General Operative Band 3
|
3
|
|
|
Seed Analyst
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Dairy Produce Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Inspector
|
2
|
|
|
Senior Lab Analyst
|
4
|
|
|
Senior Service Asst
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Solicitor
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Research Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Superintending Vet Inspector
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Surveyor
|
1
|
|
|
Services Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Staff Officer
|
2
|
|
|
Superintending Sen. Research Officer
|
1
|
|
|
Superintending Vet. Inspector
|
4
|
|
|
Supervisory Agricultural Officer
|
20
|
|
|
Technical Agricultural Officer
|
36
|
|
|
Technical Grades Level 4
|
1
|
|
|
Veterinary Inspector
|
6
|
180
|
Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
|
Assistant Secretary
|
1
|
|
|
Assistant Principal
|
2
|
|
|
HEO
|
2
|
|
|
EO
|
1
|
|
|
CO
|
3
|
|
|
Senior Archaeologist
|
1
|
|
|
Wildlife Inspector Grade 3
|
1
|
|
|
Wildlife Inspector Grade 1
|
1
|
|
|
Conservation Ranger
|
2
|
|
|
Craft Chargehand
|
2
|
|
|
Storekeeper Chief
|
1
|
|
|
General Operative
|
2
|
|
|
Seasonal Guide
|
1
|
20
|
Public Appointments Service
|
Assistant Secretary
|
1
|
|
|
HEO
|
1
|
2
|
Social Protection
|
PO
|
6
|
|
|
AP
|
14
|
|
|
HEO
|
80
|
|
|
EO
|
42
|
|
|
SO
|
30
|
|
|
CO
|
37
|
|
|
Service Officer
|
5
|
214
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Security Attendants
|
2
|
2
|
Health
|
|
3
|
3
|
Central Statistics Office
|
Senior Statistician
|
3
|
|
|
Statistician
|
1
|
|
|
PO
|
1
|
|
|
AP
|
2
|
|
|
HEO
|
1
|
|
|
EO
|
2
|
|
|
Tourist Enumerator
|
1
|
|
|
Employee Assistance Officer
|
1
|
|
|
QNHS Interviewer
|
2
|
14
|
Courts Service
|
Assistant Principal Officer
|
4
|
|
|
HEO
|
14
|
|
|
EO
|
11
|
|
|
SO
|
1
|
|
|
CO
|
10
|
|
|
Court Messenger
|
2
|
|
|
Bankruptcy Inspector
|
1
|
43
|
Office of the Attorney General
|
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Grade II
|
1
|
1
|
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
|
PO
|
9
|
|
|
AP
|
10
|
|
|
HEO
|
9
|
|
|
EO
|
5
|
|
|
CO
|
3
|
|
|
Service Officer
|
1
|
37
|
|
Office of the Chief State Solicitor
|
2
|
2
|
Comptroller and Auditor General
|
Comptroller and Auditor General
|
1
|
|
|
Deputy Director of Audit
|
1
|
|
|
Senior Auditor
|
2
|
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
1
|
5
|
Irish Prison Service
|
|
52
|
52
|
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
|
|
1
|
1
|
Taoiseach
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
|
|
EO
|
1
|
|
|
Head Service Officer
|
1
|
3
|
|
Total
|
1,066
|
1,066
|