Theresa Ahearn
Ceist:48 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Finance if a person who retired from the Civil Service in 1973 on marriage can return to work within the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Vol. 440 No. 1
48 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Finance if a person who retired from the Civil Service in 1973 on marriage can return to work within the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The person concerned applied for reinstatement in the Civil Service in 1990 but her application was not successful as she did not meet the statutory criteria for reinstatement contained in section 11 of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956, as amended by the Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Act, 1973. This is the only statutory authority for the reinstatement of women to their former positions and it was clearly intended as a limited exception to the general rule that entry to the service is by way of open competition only.