Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 March 2017

Thursday, 2 March 2017

Ceisteanna (305)

Michael D'Arcy

Ceist:

305. Deputy Michael D'Arcy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that the Public Appointments Service, PAS, implements when vacancies arise in his Department for veterinary inspectors; the way in which PAS decides on the persons called for interview; the appeals policy in place; the number of days applicants have to appeal; the number of persons hired; the number retired from his Department; the age profile of the successful applicants; the recent Civil Service employment status of those who were called for interview; the age profile of those who were turned down for interview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11068/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The competition to recruit Veterinary Inspectors is being administered by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) on behalf of my Department. The post was advertised by PAS on 14 October 2016 with a closing date of 3 November 2016. The competition is ongoing and my Department understands that the Public Appointments Service will hold interviews in March.

All aspects of the competition including the application process, selection of assessment methods, the number of candidates called to each stage of the competition and the issuing of results is a matter for the Public Appointments Service. Similarly all records relating to the competition are held by PAS and my Department is not in a position to provide any statistical analysis of the candidates.