Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 March 2012
214 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from positions in his Department or from State bodies under the aegis of his Department. [14199/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has one office base in Clare located at Ennis which accommodates staff from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). No staff that were based in Clare retired this year prior to the 29th, February 2012. The final number of teachers in Primary Secondary, Community and Comprehensive schools who have actually retired will not be available until all the retirement applications have been fully processed. For example the number of teachers who applied to retire in the period 1 January to 29 February 2012 is 1,166. Information received from the Vocational Education Sector throughout the country indicates that 220 teachers have applied to retire in that sector during that period. When this work is concluded work will commence on compiling detailed statistical data on the number of teachers who retired and this will be published on my Department's website. It is important to note that schools may fill vacancies arising from retirements.
