Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Questions (660)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

667 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department since March 2012 on a short-term contract or on a consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [36757/12]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

One temporary Clerical Officer who was recruited by the Public Appointments Service was assigned to my Department for a 10 week period until 31 August 2012 and is a retired public servant to whom the pension abatement rules do not apply.