Department staff redundancy scheme
Asked whether Department staff received the ACOT–AFT redundancy package, the Minister said it was offered in selected areas and would be extended to all eligible public-service staff over 50.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a similar redundancy package to that offered to ACOT-AFT has been offered to the staff of his Department under the present proposals in the budget Estimates of 1988.
Comment on this
The terms of the voluntary redundancy-early retirement scheme which were offered to employees of ACOT-AFT were also offered to officials in selected areas of my Department. The Government have since decided to extend the scheme to all officials over the age of 50 in the Civil Service, health boards and the non-commercial State-sponsored bodies; steps to give effect to this decision have been taken.