Peadar Tóibín
Question:457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have bought back time to retire early in each of the past five years. [21503/24]
View answerTuesday, 14 May 2024
Questions (457)
Written answers
I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, and will contact him once this is to hand.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
I refer to Parliamentary Question No.457 of 14 May 2024 where you sought: “To ask the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have bought back time to retire early in each of the past five years.”
As you will recall, I sought the information from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that Members of An Garda Síochána do not have the option to purchase service to retire early. It was agreed, following facilitated engagements under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission, to implement recommendations made by the Labour Court that the period of 6 months ‘on the job training’ prior to attestation should be recognised for the calculation of pension entitlements. HQ Directive No. 049/2019 provides members the opportunity to purchase this service.
The table below, which was provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of Garda members who have availed of this service in the years requested:
|
Year |
Total Number of Gardaí |
|
2024 |
29 |
|
2023 |
175 |
|
2022 |
132 |
|
2021 |
115 |
|
2020 |
157 |
|
2019 |
201 |
|
Total |
809 |
This information was provided by the Garda authorities on the 10 May 2024, and is operational and may be subject to change.
I hope that this information is of assistance.