Terence Flanagan
Question:236. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding recruitment in the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4431/15]
View answerTuesday, 3 February 2015
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that based on current staffing levels and projected retirements during 2015 Revenue will require to fill critical posts at all grades this year.
Under a delegated sanction received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform the Revenue Commissioners are obliged to fill posts in the first instance by reference to the Public Service Resource panel before considering open recruitment.
Revenue has already commenced recruiting staff from Public Appointments Service panels and from existing Revenue open recruitment panels. Using its recruitment licence from the Commission for Public Service Appointments, Revenue also plans to recruit specialist staff at Principal, Assistant Principal, Administrative Officer and Executive Officer levels.
Revenue is currently engaged in running open competitions at Assistant Principal Level for a panel of tax professionals and two ICT specialists. These competitions have been advertised nationally and on the Public Appointments Service (PAS) website. Recruitment competitions for Principal Officer (Data Analyst), Administrative Officer (Compliance and ICT) and Executive Officer (Compliance) are planned for the first six months of 2015. The number of posts to be filled will depend on critical vacancies arising, projected business needs and the number of posts that can be filled through redeployment and from internal promotion panels. Overall Revenue expects to fill around 400 posts from open competitions advertised in 2014 and 2015.
All Revenue's open competitions will be advertised nationally and on the PAS website.