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Public Sector Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 April 2015

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Ceisteanna (202)

John Lyons

Ceist:

202. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to open up the public service and Civil Service so that public servants may transfer freely into the Civil Service, similar to the way civil servants may transfer freely into the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14792/15]

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The Public Service Agreements (PSAs) covering the period 2010-16 (the Croke Park and Haddington Road Agreements) provide for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and in other parts of the Public Service.

Under the PSAs, redeployment generally takes precedence over all other methods of filling a vacancy and supersedes any existing agreements on the deployment of staff. Redeployment allows staff to be moved as a result of the rationalisation, reconfiguration or restructuring of public service bodies or where activities have assumed lesser priority arising from changing business needs.

The agreed arrangements for the redeployment staff within the Health, Education, and Local Government sectors are managed directly by those sectors.

The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act, 2013 provides for the redeployment of members of staff in the Civil Service and certain other sectors of the public service to other positions in the public service.

Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan, published in October 2014, includes a commitment to extend mobility over time to provide additional development opportunities and enable greater mobility across the Public Service.

The Renewal Plan contains 25 actions and a commitment to complete all actions within 3 years. Implementation has commenced with the establishment of the Civil Service Management Board and a central Programme Management Office (PMO). Implementation of this provision will take place during the term of the Plan.

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