John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on an appointment as driver tester for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [31355/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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A competition for posts of contract driver tester was recently advertised in the media and on the Public Appointments Service, PAS, website with a closing date of 13 October 2005. All applicants will be invited to sit a written test scheduled for early-mid December 2005. Applicants who qualify in the written test will be placed in an order of merit based on their qualifying marks. Interviews will be held in January 2006 confined to a group of the highest qualifiers, and successful candidates will undergo a six week training process in the February-March period before taking up their posts with the Department of Transport as contract driver testers. In view of the statutorily independent role of the Public Appointments Service, I am not in a position to comment on cases of applicants.