Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 December 2021
69. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons who retired across the public sector over the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62225/21]
View answer70. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons who are due to retire across the public sector over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62226/21]
View answer71. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have entered retirement from the public service over the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62228/21]
View answer72. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons who are due to retire across the public sector over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62229/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 69 to 72, inclusive, together.
The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the Irish public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors.
It would be a matter for those sectoral authorities, including relevant Ministers, to supply such information as may be available in respect of the number of retirees in each year to those individual pension schemes.
I and my Department are responsible for the civil service pension schemes, which cover personnel in established and unestablished civil service and State Industrial posts.
We would not be in a position to provide figures for 2021 until such time as the full year has elapsed and the Appropriation Account for 2021 has been audited.
There has been 7,535 retirements from the civil service from 2016 to 2020 inclusive. The retirements are broken out by year in the table below.
|
Year |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
|
No. of civil service retirees |
1,457 |
1,479 |
1,593 |
1,524 |
1,482 |
7,535 |
Regarding expected civil service retirements over the next 5 years, it is difficult to predict the level of retirements in future years because civil servants can choose to retire in any year having reached minimum retirement age. This was increased to age 70 under the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018. As such, there is more certainty in the projections when the cumulative number of retirements over a period is considered.
Accordingly, the projected cumulative number of retirements from the Civil Service over the period 2022 to 2026 is approximately 8,500. This is a projection not a forecast which should be reviewed in light of updated data as and when available.
