Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those roles from outside of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20679/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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There are 302 civil servants in my Department in administrative grades at Assistant Principal or higher level. Under the current Social Partnership Agreement, Towards 2016, two in every nine vacancies at Principal Officer level, and one in every five vacancies at Assistant Principal level, are required to be filled by open recruitment. Eligible serving civil servants are, of course, eligible to apply for open competitions in the same way as any other applicants. My Department currently has three serving Principal Officers recruited from an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service. The Department currently has no serving Assistant Principals recruited through open competition.