Thousands of public service staff will in future be permitted to work until the age of 70 under new Government returns. The Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe said the decision of State employees to remain on after the traditional retirement age of 65 would be optional. The new reforms, which were agreed by the Cabinet on Tuesday, affect public service staff recruited prior to April 2004. The Department of Public Expenditure said public servants taken on after April 2004 either already have a retirement age of 70 or have no compulsory retirement age. He said these personnel would retire and then be rehired so they remained in employment until they reached age of qualification for the State pension, currently 66.

Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2017 12:45 UTC