Departmental Staff Rehiring

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 July 2013

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Ceisteanna (240)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

240. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35837/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

No retired civil servant has been retained by my Department since January 2013 where normal abatement rules do not apply.

The parallel information in respect of the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the Bodies themselves.