asked the Minister for Finance if he will state whether vacancies have been kept in the various Departments, so that civil servants temporarily loaned to the Department of Supplies can be reinstated without delay on the cessation of the present crisis; and whether there is any truth in the rumour that normal recruitment is proceeding for persons for whom there will be no positions at the end of the present emergency.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Recruitment of Civil Servants.
It is the intention that civil servants temporarily on loan to the Department of Supplies will be assigned to vacancies in the other Departments of State whenever there is no longer any need for their services in the Department of Supplies.
The answer to the second part of the Deputy's question is in the negative.