Latest figures from across the Public Service, excluding the Health Sector, indicate that over 4,000 are expected to retire in the first two months of 2012.
The sectoral breakdown of the application numbers is as follows:
Sectoral Breakdown
|
Education Sector
|
2,000
|
Civil Service
|
1,008
|
Local Authorities
|
730
|
Defence Forces
|
241
|
Gardaí
|
293
|
Total
|
4,272
|
In the Health Sector the data is based on the period September to February, and about 3,500 are expected to retire in that timeframe.
These figures are based on data reported by all the public service employers about the number of retirement applications received. In some instances staff will withdraw their application to retire due to personal circumstances and there are also cases where individuals who wish to retire have not given the full 3 months notice requested by the employer.
The number of actual retirements and full details of the grades of the retirees will not be available until after the end of February.