Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

These Seanad amendments provide for the amendment of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and the merger of the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments with the Office of the Ombudsman. This merger is recommended and should lead to greater flexibility in the deployment of staff in administration. The Commission for Public Service Appointments and the commissioners are to continue with no change to their statutory role. The Vote for the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments will be subsumed into the Office of the Ombudsman and a separate Accounting Officer role will be discontinued. This is agreed with the Ombudsman.

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