Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund

10:00 am

Mr. Robert Watt:

When it comes to technology, we are trying to bring people in at different levels. We are trying to invest in our own people and train them. We are trying to package the career so that technology in the Civil Service is appealing. People are not necessarily going to take up the opportunities for money but they will take them because the work is interesting and exciting for a period. It looks great to have a number of years working with us on a CV. It makes them more valuable when they go out. We are trying to adjust the offering in a way. We have had some success. We have brought some people in recently and we are trying to recruit some more people. We have had some success but it is an ongoing challenge that we must face. We have a particular problem. There is a wider shortage of these skills. There is a shortage of people with the technical capacity.

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