Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
As TLAC's role is, as the Chairman knows, in filling vacancies at assistant secretary general and Secretary General level in Government Departments, so it certainly will be part of this review. It will be the subject of this review with respect to its composition, role and the processes there. On the PAS, it provides a service across the public service and if certain bodies are seeking to fill a position, such as head of the HSE or another public body, the PAS would very often be involved in that process. The whole recruitment and selection process for senior positions in the civil and public service will be involved in this review. Thus, it will involve TLAC at a central level and PAS at a certain level because it has a much wider remit in supporting the filling of vacancies at all levels across the public service. I am not suggesting we review all aspects of the PAS's work because it does very good work but-----
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