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MORE THAN 2,000 people are expected to retire from the health service by the end of this month, Enda Kenny has said.
The Taoiseach said 2,263 health workers had indicated they would step down before March. This month marks the deadline under which public sector workers can retire with a pension based on their salary before pay cuts.
Opposition figures have raised concerns about the impact the retirements could have on frontline services, after health minister James Reilly acknowledged yesterday that some elective operations could have to be postponed.
Kenny told the Dáil this afternoon that the period of the retirement deadline would be handled by “transition teams” and “managed in a proper fashion so that services are not diminished.”
The specifics of the teams are due to be presented to Cabinet by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, on Tuesday.
The Taoiseach also gave figures for the number of retirements anticipated in other areas of the public service. He said roughly 2,000 workers were expected to leave the education service.
Some 1,008 staff have indicated they will retire from the civil service; 859 from the local authorities; 841 from the Defence Forces and 297 from the gardaí, Enda Kenny said.
“Transition teams” – sounds nice don’t it?
More government PR spin?
Is sad really is..no 1 is there to answer the calls anymore..passport office,immigration office,social welfare, etc etc..and people need jobs and imformation to live a life…
Why don’t ye all F@@king retire?
DISSOLVE THE DAIL!
Health is something we can’t play around with Enda.
DISSOLVE THE DAIL!
Totally agree Karl Doyle
Will the transition teams stand in for the retiring doctors and nurses? And the farce continues…
I wish he was retiring !!
I couldnt agree more jbmc..
And I hope that we all march on the Dail with banners, placards and a resounding shout of “your fired” and you arent entitled to Taoiseachs or ministerial pensions.
everyone must be better so, we are so lucky to live in a post illness society, no real need for hospitals
the patients and staff of the a&e departments in the likes of limerick will be delighted to hear about ends’s transitional team!more government bluff yet again but will the population protest. not a hope of that happening.
Central bank Governor suggests cutting public sector pay rather than jobs.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0201/1224311049981.html
Public sector pay has already been cut. Several times. And savagely.
Privatisation coupled with deregulation is really the best course of action. The ol’ let the market sort it out :)
That would be ok and I would say bye bye to them all, except they will all be called back in an advisory capacity. Only getting paid more this time. It’s all a farce
Well they have to grab the cushy pensions while they still can
How many of these redundancies are nurses/docs and how many are penpushers? Because it seems we have too few nurses/docs and too many administrators and this is going to upset the balance even more
Introduce legislation to make the Taoiseach and Minister for Health use the public health system for themselves and their family.
That shud help waiting times !!
Yeah,most of them at the top end will be back in full time work soon.Their pensions paid faithfully by us..All a big farce again.They see our leaders doing it,so they jump on the gravytrain.Just watch the appointments they will get soon.Far better than what they have now,but with a nice pension to boot.
I thought the entire Health Service Staff retired f@@king years ago……
Meaning?
This is disgraceful” on behalf of this government, with all the people that they have unemployed in Ireland, the people that they have unemployed, who goes into their places, outsideers from Europe who will take a very low wage pack, they have unemployed Garda and teachers and some Cie bus inspectors and public sector services, Irish nurse and Doctors, this government are tension seekers with the media and are fucking crazy people, they should go. Rita Cahill
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