Public Sector Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2021

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Questions (183)

Cormac Devlin

Question:

183. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the recruitment of a director of the Irish National Cyber Security Centre; when the job specification was supplied to the Public Appointments Service for the first time; the length of time before this was published the first time and then on the second round; the date on which the latest version of the job specification was supplied to the Public Appointments Service; the length of time before it advertised this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54135/21]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

A competition for the post of Director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was held in 2020. The job specification for that competition was sent to the Public Appointments Service (PAS) 6 August 2020 and the position was advertised by them on 18 September 2020. No candidate was appointed from this competition.

A new competition at the level of Civil Service Deputy Secretary level is currently underway with the role having been advertised by PAS on 23 September 2021; this followed Government approval in July this year to a comprehensive package of measures following the external capacity review of the NCSC. I expect the process to be completed in the coming weeks.