Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2017
444. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the publicjobs.ie recruitment campaign for technical agricultural officers; the number of candidates who have been employed nationally; the number of candidates who have been recruited in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43943/17]
View answerThe Public Appointments Service (PAS) initiated a Technical Agricultural Officer (TAO) recruitment campaign on behalf of my Department in May 2016. To date, 36 new Technical Agricultural Officers have been recruited to my Department nationally.
Business needs in my Department’s offices in Co. Donegal are filled in the first instance through an internal transfer system, whereby serving staff are given the opportunity to transfer to a different work location. Under this system two TAOs will move into offices in Co. Donegal in the coming weeks and arrangements are in train to transfer a further two officers. Two new recruits have been appointed to offices in my Department in Co. Donegal to date.
