Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance

12:40 pm

Mr. Brendan Rogers:

It makes sense to refresh the roster every five years or so. We did so in 2013, and the new roster of appropriately skilled individuals will apply for the next five years. Out of 263 applications, which was less than we anticipated, we put together a roster of 200. We went through a fairly analytical written application process, based on four different criteria, namely, language, experience, knowledge of human rights and knowledge of governance. Out of that process we came up with 200 names and we also had a reserve list. We then had a feedback process.