Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

PAS is one of the success stories of Irish public administration. It is very well regarded not only by the Irish public but by international comparisons. It has robust online procedures which meet the best international practices. If the Deputy has any individual concerns about them, I would be happy to hear from him. PAS itself would also be delighted, I am sure, to meet with the Deputy to go through its processes. In terms of the volume of work, where one has 28,000 applications for a clerical officer position or 25,000 for a Garda Síochána recruitment campaign, one must have an initial sifting procedure in place. As is now normal, that is done online. The Deputy is correct that it must be done in a very robust way and I am assured and am confident that it is.

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