asked the Minister for the Environment if he is aware of the advertisement for a senior resident engineer, assistant resident engineers and draughtsman technician (Grade II) in a British engineering magazine called New Civil Engineer by Mayo County Council and that so far as can be ascertained these positions have not been advertised in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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: I have made inquiries from Mayo County Council and I understand that the posts in question were advertised in two national newspapers on 6 February and an extension to the closing date was further advertised in two national newspapers on 16 February 1983. Advertisements also appeared in the Belfast Telegraph and in the periodical, the New Civil Engineer. It is understood from Mayo County Council that it has been traditional to advertise these types of posts in Northern Ireland and England to give qualified persons, who may wish to do so, an opportunity to return to the area to take up employment there. The closing date has now passed, applications are being processed and interviews will be held as soon as possible.