Retired civil servants may still have a valuable contribution to make

YOUR editorial claim (Irish Examiner, November 7) that the Government is merely rewarding incompetence by rehiring recently retired civil servants to continue to serve in their previous departments is dubious.

Details reported by Shaun Connolly suggest otherwise.

Examples include the OPW paying a total of only €70,000 to five people; the Land Registry only €8,000 to one person and the garda paid only €13,000.