Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2022
92. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if the next Secretary General of his Department will be appointed through open public competition and under the Top-Level Appointments Committee process; and, if not, the reasons for the departure from that process. [14801/22]
View answerThe forthcoming vacancy in the position of Secretary General to the Government and Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach will be filled following a request for expressions of interest from all suitable officers in the Civil Service.
The post does not come within the remit of TLAC. The appointment will be made by the Government, on my advice.
There is no departure from the process that was followed in respect of this post on previous occasions, most recently in 2011.
