Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
2:00 pm
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy asked earlier about the delays in respect of recruitment to the Garda Reserve. Reserves go through the public appointments system. The Public Appointments Service has been asked to fill many vacancies recently and the delay is the result of the volume of work the service has. A number of vacancies have been advertised while promotions have been dealt with, although that was done through a different system. Quite a number of appointments are going through PAS and it is a question of the capacity of PAS to respond and to run competitions.
With regard to the PPPs, the Part 9 planning process has been completed for all seven locations. The procurement process has been commenced by the NDFA for all the projects following approval by the Department.