Public service retirement data
Allen requested retirement figures by grade, sex and age; Boland said a table would be circulated, with under-60 figures limited to ill-health retirements.
asked the Minister for the Public Service the number of men and women in each of the principal general service grades who retired at ages of under 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65 in each of the last five years.
Comment on this
The information sought by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose to have circulated in the Official Report. Considerable work, including recourse to all Departments would be required to give a detailed breakdown of retirements under age 60. Accordingly, the statement is confined to showing the total number of civil servants who retired on ill-health grounds under age 60 in respect of each year. The statement also excludes the staff of the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
The following is the statement:
Year 1980
Total Number of ill health retirements under age 60 — 19 (all grades)
Year 1981
Total Number of ill health retirements under age 60 — 14 (all grades)
Year 1982
Total Number of ill health retirements under age 60 — 16 (all grades)
Year 1983
Total Number of ill health retirements under age 60 — 27 (all grades)
Year 1984 (to end-October)
Total Number of ill health retirements under age 60 — 25 (all grades)