Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2022
1307. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who bought their last six months of service to avail of a full pension after 30 years' service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29560/22]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, the scheme in question applies to serving members of An Garda Síochána who joined between 1989 and 2013 and whose training included on-the-job, known as 'Phase II', training prior to attestation.
Provisions for eligible serving members to ‘buy back’ 6 months of service for this training, which members carried out in assigned Garda stations, was agreed with effect from 12 April 2019.
I am informed by the Garda Authorities that, to date, 541 Garda members have availed of the option to purchase six months’ service.
