Civil service faces ‘staffing crisis’ due to retirements

A staffing crisis is looming in the civil service because thousands of workers are nearing retirement and the Government is not doing enough to replace them.

That was the warning from Dave Thomas of the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants (AHCPS), which represents 3,000 workers in the higher echelons of the public service.

Mr Thomas told his union’s annual conference in Dublin that within the civil service there are “considerable problems” where posts are left unfilled and the issue could escalate significantly in the next five to 10 years.