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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 September 2021

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Questions (53)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of general service vacancies filled by Irish language candidates during 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in counties Donegal and Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45525/21]

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As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the independent recruiter for appointments to the civil service. All recruitment is demand-led and PAS undertakes competitions on behalf of the civil service to establish panels that may be drawn upon as vacancies arise in Government Departments or Offices.

Irish speaking candidates may apply for general civil service roles by way of specific bilingual competitions or, alternatively, they may apply for non-bilingual competitions and note their expression of interest for Irish-speaking or bilingual posts.

Please see below number of Irish language position requests received by PAS for general grades competitions in these counties, all of which were successfully filled.

County

2019

2020

2021

Sligo

0

0

0

Donegal

3

2

0

A nationwide Irish language Clerical Officer competition is presently underway for the Civil Service by PAS. I understand that PAS will commence planning for a new Irish language Executive Officer competition during Q3 2021.

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