Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 February 2022
64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant civil service positions filled in all offices in County Donegal from both internal and mobility transfers in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6957/22]
View answerCivil Service Mobility offers an opportunity for staff members to apply for Mobility (i.e. transfer) through an open and transparent system.
It is one of a number of arrangements put in place to fulfil the requirements of Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan which calls to “expand career and Mobility opportunities for staff across geographic, organisational and sectoral boundaries” and Action 14 of the People Strategy for the Civil Service which calls for the further expansion of a coherent Mobility policy to facilitate staff development.
The country is divided into 46 zones/locations for the purpose of the mobility scheme. County Donegal encompasses Zone 1, 2 & 3.
In the last 3 years 19 staff members have moved under the scheme to transfer within or to the Donegal area - breakdown per grade is as follows:
- 12 Clerical Officers (7 of whom transferred from Departments already located in Donegal); and
- 7 Executive Officers (6 of whom transferred from Departments already located in Donegal).
|
Grade |
To |
From |
Headcount |
|
Clerical Officers |
Donegal |
Donegal |
7 |
|
Donegal |
Monaghan |
1 |
|
|
Donegal |
Dublin |
3 |
|
|
Donegal |
Sligo |
1 |
|
|
Executive Officers |
Donegal |
Donegal |
5 |
|
Donegal |
Limerick |
1 |
|
|
Donegal |
Donegal |
1 |
These moves were made in accordance with the following organisational sequencing for mobility which is applied nationwide rather than per zone/location;
Clerical Officer – 1 in 2 vacant posts will be filled though Mobility.
Executive Officer – 50% Open: 25% Interdepartmental** : 25% Internal.
** one in every two Interdepartmental vacancies to be filled by Mobility.
Organisational internal mobility may take place within a zone in the event that an organisation has more than one office location. This Department does not govern internal moves and has no central visibility of such moves. Organisations were directed to develop and publish an official internal mobility policy in line with the Guidelines for Departmental Internal Mobility which were drafted by my Department in 2017.
For further information on the scheme and the internal guidelines please visit the Mobility website at:
hr.per.gov.ie/en/corporate-pages/career/mobility/
