I propose to take questions Nos. 503 and 504 together.
The Department of Social Protection can provide a response relating to the Department's offices in Longford only. Vacancies are filled nationwide in accordance with central Civil Service sequencing arrangements.
The following table outlines the number and method of filling vacancies in the Department's Longford offices since 31 August, 2022:
September 2022
|
Grade
|
Location
|
Total 5
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
Open Competition (Public Appointments Service (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Inter Departmental Competition
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
October 2022
|
|
|
Total 11
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
6
|
Inter Departmental
|
EO
|
Longford
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
November 2022
|
|
|
Total 3
|
Inter Departmental Competition
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
January 2023
|
|
|
Total 4
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
Lateral Move
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
February 2023
|
|
|
Total 3
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Inter Departmental Competition
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
April 2023
|
|
|
Total 3
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
Mobility
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
May 2023
|
|
|
Total 4
|
Lateral Move
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Inter Departmental
|
EO
|
Longford
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
June 2023
|
|
|
Total 2
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
July 2023
|
|
|
Total 2
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
August 2023
|
|
|
Total 1
|
Internal Promotion
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
September 2023
|
|
|
Total 1
|
Open Competition (PAS)
|
EO
|
Longford
|
1
|