Written answers
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
Decentralisation Programme
10:00 pm
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to Portlaoise and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12544/07]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Central Applications Facility (CAF) was established by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) to allow civil servants apply for decentralisation. Transfers to Portlaoise are now processed through the CAF and the following table sets out the current position, based on the latest information supplied by PAS to the Department.
| Grade | 1st preference applicants awaiting transfer to DAF | 1st preference applicants in DAF awaiting transfer to Portlaoise | 2-10 Applicants awaiting transfer to DAF* | 2-10 applicants in DAF awaiting transfer to Portlaoise |
| AP | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 |
| HEO | 1 | 0 | Trawl scheduled for April 2007 | |
| HEO IT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| EO | 3 | 0 | Trawl currently underway | |
| SO | 0 | 0 | Trawl not scheduled | |
| CO | 0 | 0 | Trawl to be scheduled | |
| Service Officer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *A 2-10 trawl involves PAS canvassing applicants who have expressed interest in additional locations (ranked from 2 to 10), whether they wish to switch their first preference. |
The recruitment process has begun in all of these cases and is at an advanced stage in most. The table does not include a number of applicants who have indicated that they wish to defer their move to the Department or Portlaoise or those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks).
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