Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 March 2018
198. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of compulsory retirements on ill health grounds in the Irish Prison Service in each of the past 20 years; the number that were work related and non-work related respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11105/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service unfortunately only holds statistics in relation to ill health retirements from 2006 onwards.
The following are the number of ill health retirements from the IPS in each year since 2006:
2006 12
2007 26
2008 7
2009 22
2010 13
2011 7
2012 6
2013 8
2014 6
2015 10
2016 19
2017 17
2018 (to date) 4
The records do not categorise these retirements as being compulsory or on the initiative of the officer, or whether the illnesses were work-related or not. I can, however, inform the Deputy that virtually all recent such retirements have been initiated by the officer him/herself.
