Dr. Matthew Sadlier:

Regarding the interviews and the interview process, when a post is coming vacant for predictable reasons, usually retirement, the person has to retire before it can be approved to be advertised. That process could be tightened up and improved. I am not an employment lawyer but employing somebody is difficult in the modern era when one wants to be fair and impartial. The CHOs could probably do a faster job but will everybody be treated fairly? The Public Appointments Service, PAS, does the recruitment for the public service to allow for a more transparent and fair process. That is the problem, although I hate to use that word. I am not an expert in that area but the point about retirement could be tweaked such that posts could be ready to be rolled out at the time the person would retire.

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