Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
3:00 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I will conclude on the valid point about how, in the case of mass recruitment, one can know the person applying online is the real applicant. Every person is required to apply with photographic ID and receives a unique identifier. After the second test, successful candidates are brought forward for supervised tests. There is still an unanswered question. It could potentially give a person a leg up if he or she got over the first hurdle with assistance.