Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This question relates to the Public Appointments Service. Specifically, I propose to ask questions about a recent recruitment competition for assistant principal officers in the Department.

My understanding is that a competition was held for the assistant principal officer grade and there was a change in the recruitment process. While change is not necessarily a bad thing, part of the process involved candidates sitting an online test. I imagine this was part of an assessment prior to short-listing those candidates.

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