Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
621. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in her Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16423/18]
View answerThere are currently no clerical officers serving in my Department on a temporary contract. While temporary vacancies at clerical officer level may arise at various times and for various reasons, requests to fill these vacancies are undertaken through the Public Appointments Service (PAS). PAS, acts as the centralised recruitment assessment and selection body for my Department.
My Department has not recruited any Clerical Assistants since the amalgamation, in 1997, of the Clerical Officer, Clerical Assistant and Paperkeeper grades into a common clerical grade with a single set of duties.
