John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been on the transfer list for over six years; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13095/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with formal procedures agreed between the Civil and Public Service Union, which represents clerical officers, and the Department of Finance, the names of officers applying for transfer to a location are entered in the Department's central transfer lists in the order in which they are received. Vacancies which arise in locations are then filled by reference to these lists.

The person in question accepted an offer of appointment to a permanent position in the Dublin offices of the Department of Public Enterprise and took up her appointment on 19 October 1998. She transferred to the Sligo offices of my Department on 5 November 2001. She subsequently applied for transfer to Ballina office of the Department on 19 November 2001 and she is placed 80th on that list. In accordance with the agreed arrangements as outlined above, earlier applicants on the transfer list would have to be considered for transfer first in the event of a vacancy, fillable by transfer, arising in the Ballina office of the Department.

While the operation of the transfer list to the Department of Transport in Ballina is a matter for that Department, I understand from inquiries made that the person concerned applied for transfer to that Department in October 1998 and is placed 47th on the transfer list.