Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2020
251. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing flexibility in the retirement age for prison officers with the capacity and the willingness to continue working; the way in which prison officer retirement rules compare with those in Northern Ireland and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10377/20]
View answerThe Deputy will appreciate that it is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, rather than my Department, which has overall responsibility for public service pension matters.
With regard to the particular question posed, I can inform the Deputy that the retiring age of 60 years for prison officers to whom the Superannuation (Prison Officers) Act, 1919 applies is set out at section 8(1)(a) of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956 (as amended).
As noted in a recent response on this topic, a review of the compulsory retirement age was carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2017. I do not have any immediate plans to change this but the matter is kept under review in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
