Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 May 2010
209 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for voluntary early retirement from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, on behalf of full-time and permanent lecturer staff, that were sent for approval to her Department, by the 13 institutes of technology; the breakdown by college of these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21083/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra210 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for voluntary early retirement that resulted in applicants, full-time and permanent lecturer staff, being granted voluntary early retirement and years added on from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009; the breakdown of the successful applicants by college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21097/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra211 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for voluntary early retirement resulting in applicants, full time and permanent lecturer staff, being refused voluntary early retirement with years added on in the year from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009; the breakdown of the applicants by college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21101/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 209 to 211, inclusive, together.
During the period in question, my department received proposals from Institutes of Technology for a total of 38 voluntary early retirements in respect of permanent whole time lecturers. The breakdown by college was: 2 from Sligo IT, 5 from IT Tralee, 17 from Waterford IT, 6 from Athlone IT and 8 from Dundalk IT.
Up to 31 December, 2008 a total of 16 of the proposed retirements with added years were sanctioned. The proposals approved were from the following Institutes Of Technology: 1 from Sligo IT, 1 from IT Tralee, 8 from Waterford IT and 6 from Athlone IT.
The Minister for Finance, in his supplementary budget speech of 4th April 2009, announced that a new Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) was to be introduced and that it would be the only voluntary early retirement scheme that the Government intended to make available in the civil and public services.
