“Tens of thousands of public service workers will spend an additional year in the workforce as plans are being advanced to increase the retirement age by one year to 66, the Irish Independent understands. The Government is actively researching the impact of such a move on the public-sector workforce …” (more)
[Kevin Doyle, Independent, 3 November]
“An Emeritus Professor said forcing people to retire from the public sector at a set age is ‘discriminatory’ and should be made optional as life expectancy increases …” (more)
[Anne Sheridan, Limerick Leader, 2 November]
“Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full-time employee with a third level college who is due to reach the age of 65 years in March 2017 and therefore faces mandatory retirement in September 2017 will be able to agree an extension of their employment contract for an additional period; and the flexibility which exists for the extension of such public sector employment contracts in advance of the expected change of the rules regarding mandatory retirement ages …” (more)
[Dáil written answers, 28 March]
“My first boss, the chairman of my department when I was a young lecturer, was Wilfrid Harrison. Even though there was approximately 40 years’ difference between our ages, I would have described Wilfrid as a friend …” (more)
[Times Higher Education, 8 December]
“The number of retired teachers ‘hogging’ jobs desperately needed by newly qualified graduates continues to rise, provoking fury among those who have recently left college …” (more)
[Mark O’Regan, Independent, 17 July]
“Kevin O’Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any public money has been expended directly or indirectly by a university (details supplied); if any financial arrangements for retired staff of the same college are in place; if so, if they are in line with public policy rules on retirement at age 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil written answers, 12 July]
“The president of Cork Institute of Technology has signalled he will step down from his position two years earlier than planned following concerns he was due to work well beyond the normal retirement age. The statutory retirement age for members of the public service is generally 65 …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 8 July]
“The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality is inviting public submissions on the Employment Equality (Abolishment of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014. The Bill was first published by Deputy Anne Ferris in April 2014 …” (more)
[Houses of the Oireachtas, 12 October]
“Professor takes case against NUI Galway to Employment Appeals Tribunal. An international expert on bullying has himself claimed to be a victim of bullying in his job …” (more)
[Brian McDonald, Irish Times, 3 September]
“When your local butcher or grocer retires, it’s perfectly clear what this means. They are no longer there in the shop when you next go in. Someone else has taken over, or the shop has changed to another business …” (more)
[Simon Chapman, The Conversation, 29 April]
“The chief executive of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises association yesterday hit out at what he described as the ‘crocks of gold’ received by retiring university dons …” (more)
[Gordon Deegan, Irish Examiner, 23 December]
“The Government is insisting there is scope for new recruits to freshen up the public sector as new figures reveal the average public sector worker is 46 – and almost half are aged over 50 …” (more)
[Fiach Kelly, Independent, 26 July]
“Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify his plans regarding proposals to bring in compulsory early retirement in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 23 January]
“I recently attended a small discussion with a group of United States university professors, and I suddenly realised that all of them were over 60 years old, and about half of them well over 65 …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 15 January]
“Older academics are taking early retirement to pursue ‘authentic study’ because of modern constraints on researchers. That was the view of Vanessa Pupavac, lecturer in international relations at the University of Nottingham, one of the panel members in a debate held during this year’s Battle of Ideas festival in London …” (more)
[Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education, 25 October]
“Recent reports have highlighted that 1,311 retired teachers were employed as supervisors at the recent State examinations. This alarming number is up from 1,147 retired teachers who were employed last year, an increase of 13%. It is inequitable and highly unsatisfactory that retired teachers are being rehired to supervise examinations …” (more)
[The Labour Party, 9 July]
“Public servants on generous retirement packages get rehired as jobless are passed over Last Wednesday the €14bn-a-year Health Service Executive, Ireland’s largest employer with more than 67,000 direct employees, and another 40,000 in funded healthcare agencies, updated its ‘Find a job’ web pages …” (more)
[Jerome Reilly, Independent, 20 May]
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“Large numbers of those who retired from the public service are being taken back by Government departments, according to replies given by Ministers in response to questions from a Fianna Fáil TD …” (more)
[Paul Cullen, Irish Times, 14 May]
“Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an estimate of the number of public servants who will retire by the end of February 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 28 February]
“Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the progress made by the transition teams put in place to manage the wave of retirements from the public sector in order that the delivery of key frontline services will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Priority Questions, 28 February]
