Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 March 2018
1013. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons holding Civil Service positions above clerical officer grade in his Department who entered the Civil Service via a route other than through an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service or its predecessors; the grades of each; and the basis for the non-standard recruitment. [11861/18]
View answerTwo Special Advisers have been appointed to my Office, as well as civilian drivers for myself and Ministers of State English and Phelan. These appointments were all made in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to Ministerial appointments for the 32nd Dáil.
Aside from the above, there are currently no staff above the clerical officer grade in my Department who first entered the civil service outside the standard recruitment process outlined by the Deputy.
