Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 June 2012
56 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision remains in place for a public servant to swap positions with another public servant working in another Department or county. [30223/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraCivil Service departments and other public service organisations vary in relation to the approaches they adopt to the transfer of their own staff between locations and no centrally agreed approach is applied. There are no formal arrangements in place within the civil service to facilitate requests for transfers to other locations/employments, except in the case of grades represented by the Civil and Public Services Union. Transfers for these (mostly Clerical and Staff Officers) are arranged in accordance with formal procedures agreed with the Staff Side at General Council under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service. Transfers between grades in the civil service can be arranged on an informal, head-to-head, basis. Such transfers are arranged between the officers seeking to move and the relevant Personnel Units and require the agreement of both Personnel Officers.
57 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have been made redundant, broken down between compulsory and voluntary, in the public sector over the fast five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30070/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraBased on returns to made to my Department there were 2,157 voluntary redundancies and 20 compulsory redundancies (the Garda Training College) over the last five years. My Department is awaiting complete returns from the Department of Education and Skills. These will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as they are to hand. Certain categories of staff such as those employed under a fixed-term or specified purpose contract may qualify for a severance payment when their contract ends. These payments are not generally classed as redundancy payments and are not included in the above returns.
58 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts to be filled in the current Public Appointments Service recruitment competition for administrative officer in each stream in both Dublin and non-Dublin locations; the Departments involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30165/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraEarlier this year the Public Appointments Service advertised an Administrative Officer competition in the following six specialist areas: Economics; Banking and Finance; Human Resources; Tax Policy; Accountancy; and Law. A total of 3,403 applications were received and the following is a summary of the activity in respect of the competition.
Economics. Following the selection process a total of 41 candidates were deemed suitable and placed on the panel for this stream. To date 35 have been offered appointments. Of the vacancies notified to PAS, 34 were in Dublin and 1 in Portlaoise. The Departments involved are Departments of Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, An Taoiseach and Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Portlaoise).
Banking and Finance. A panel of 25 has been established and to date 6 candidates have been assigned to the Department of Finance (Dublin). It is anticipated that an additional 6 candidates will be assigned shortly to Dublin vacancies.
Human Resources; Tax Policy; Accountancy; and Law streams. The selection process is ongoing for these specialist areas, therefore panels have not yet been finalised. PAS has not yet received clarification on the numbers and location of vacancies to be filled from these streams. It is however anticipated that the vacancies will be located in Dublin.
The location of an appointment is dictated by the needs of the employing Department and as such it is a matter for each Department to decide.
