The person referred to was a candidate for appointment to the position of clerical officer confined to former civil servants. Responsibility for the holding of this competition is a matter for the Civil Service Commissioners. The situation is that it was specified in the advertisement for the competition and in the information given to candidates that vacancies were available primarily in the Dublin area. The person in question was assigned by the Civil Service Commission to the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in Dublin but refused the assignment. The Civil Service Commission are not in a position to offer an assignment to Sligo.