Paul Kehoe
Ceist:127 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding persons wishing to join the Civil Service, in particular, those who wish to apply for jobs in the various centres outside of Dublin. [18620/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 22 June 2004
Ceisteanna (136)
Freagraí scríofa
Recruitment to permanent positions in the Civil Service is carried out by the Civil Service Commissioners, who under the Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956 are bound by law to recruit by fair, open and merit-based means to various levels in the Civil Service. The Civil Service Commissioners are involved in recruitment to a range of positions in the Civil Service.
Recruitment is by way of open competition. All competitions held by the commissioners are advertised in one or more of the national papers and on their web site at: www.publicjobs.ie. Application forms, together with all relevant details, are only available when competitions are announced. However, potential candidates can register their interest in a position on the Civil Service Commission website and will then automatically be notified by e-mail when the competition is announced. From time to time the Civil Service Commission may advertise for positions in existing offices outside Dublin.
Under the decentralisation programme, the Government has decided to relocate more than 10,000 civil and public service jobs to 53 locations in 25 other counties outside Dublin. The decentralisation central applications facility gives information about the new locations and jobs. It allows certain public servants to apply for transfer to posts at the same or equivalent level in decentralised locations and to rank preferences for different locations. Applications can be made on the CAF website at: www.publicjobscaf.ie. In the medium to longer term, it will be necessary to consider the development of regional recruitment and promotion systems building on the existing regional arrangements. This will be the subject of further discussions with the Civil Service unions.