Written answers

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Department of Education and Science

Early Childhood Education

9:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature of both the recruitment process, and contracts offered, within his Department to the former director and assistant director of the Centre of Early Childhood Development and Education; if the posts were advertised through a public recruitment process; if the new posts were created on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/09]

Photo of Barry AndrewsBarry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Section 8 of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 allows for temporary unestablished posts to be excluded positions for the purposes of that Act. The Commission for Public Service Appointments granted an excluding order for the two Early Education specialist posts within my Department. These Early Education specialist posts were offered as alternative employment to staff within the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education. On the basis of the selection criteria that applied to the staff made redundant when the Centre closed, the Early Education specialist posts were offered to the former director and assistant director of the CECDE. The posts are temporary unestablished posts and the contracts are fixed term contracts.

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