Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 November 2015
203. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants awaiting transfer in her Department to locations other than their present location; the number of applications, by location; the rules that apply for such transfers; if an applicant has a defined position on the list for transfer; the grounds that apply to applicants being moved up or down on the list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38754/15]
View answerThe Department does not hold records of staff who apply to transfer out to other Departments. We do hold records of staff from other Departments who wish to transfer to us. In this regard, applications for transfers to our locations outside Dublin (i.e. Athlone, Tullamore and Mullingar) are facilitated through the Central Applications Facility (CAF) which is managed by the Public Appointments Service. Likewise our staff can apply to transfer to another Department/Location via the CAF or to the receiving Department directly for non-CAF locations. The centrally agreed rules applying to the operation of the CAF are available at: http://decentralisation.gov.ie/Documents/docs/TheHRDocument.pdf. Paragraph 21 therein sets out the ranking of preferences.
