Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that in accordance with formal procedures agreed between the Civil and Public Service Union (CPSU) and the Department of Finance, the names of officers applying for transfer to a location are entered on the Department's transfer lists in the order in which they are received. Vacancies which arise are then filled by reference to these lists in strict order of application date.

The person in question previously worked in the Central Statistics Office in Dublin. He was facilitated with a transfer to the Limerick office of my Department in October 2009. His name appears on transfer lists for my Department's offices in Athlone, Mullingar and Tullamore. He is placed 31st, 68th and 37th on the respective transfer lists. The officers placed ahead of this person would have to be considered before him in the event of any vacancies arising in these offices, which are fillable by transfer. There are currently no vacancies in his grade in the relevant offices.