Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 December 2015
70. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will open up the transfer list for employees within the public service, the numbers who are interested in such transfers, with particular reference to the education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45507/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware there are currently no formal arrangements for the transfer of staff between the different sectors of the public service. While, for example, expressions of interest did allow for some movement between sectors such moves were, in the main, designed to address specific skills shortages.
About 12,000 civil and public servants have moved under various mobility schemes.
In the civil service, for which I am directly responsible, the Central Transfer Scheme (CTS) for Clerical Officers was negotiated with the Staff Side Unions in 1978. It provides for cross-Departmental transfer arrangements and is a mechanism for filling clerical vacancies in provincial locations.
Each department with provincial offices maintains a list, in order of the application date, of clerical staff who are seeking a transfer. The scheme is central in the sense that a department must accept applications from officers of other Civil Service departments. Information on the number of applicants is not maintained centrally.
The Central Transfer Scheme for the Civil Service is not available to staff in the wider Public Service.
Under Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan, my Department in conjunction with the Civil Service Management Board is examining ways to improve mobility.
I am not aware of the current mobility arrangements in the Education and Training Board area, however Education and Training Boards come within the remit of the Minister for Education and Skills in the first instance.
