The criteria used for the recruitment of temporary clerical assistants is as follows: Positions are filled by means of competitive interview and applicants must (1) be registered with FÁS; (2) have a minimum educational standard of junior-intermediate certificate; (3) have no near relatives sitting any of the State examinations in that year.
It is desirable that applicants have good keyboard skills.
Priority is given to applicants who are on the live register of unemployed people, maintained by the Department of Social Welfare, or who are on a FÁS course. Applicants must accordingly have their application forms certified by either the Department of Social Welfare or FÁS if appropriate.
In the interests of equity these criteria are followed in considering all applications.
I envisage that between 50 and 60 people will be employed as temporary clerical assistants in 1994.