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Mr Harris last week told The Irish Times the maximum age at which people could join the Garda, currently 35 years, was set to increase. He added the compulsory retirement age, 60, was also under examination and would increase.
Security sources have now said the maximum age of entry into the force could be increased to between 45 and 50, while the compulsory retirement age would be increased to at least 62. Longer term, the changes to the maximum age at entry, and increasing the compulsory retirement age, raise the prospect of candidates aged up to 50 years joining the Garda for careers that could only run for 12 years before they would be obliged to retire on age grounds.
The Garda force is now facing into a decade of retirement surges, because recruitment was accelerated 30-40 years ago and that generation of members will all reach compulsory retirement age in the next 10 years. The number of retirements on age grounds will increase from 68 and 79 in 2025 and 2026 but will then increase each year, reaching 438 in 2032.
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