Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be given a transfer [37017/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Prior to the introduction of the Programme of Decentralisation in May 2004, the names of Clerical Officers and Staff Officers applying for transfers were recorded on departmental transfer lists in accordance with formal protocols agreed between the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU) and the Department of Finance. There were no formal protocols for other grades in the civil or public service, however informal transfer lists were maintained.

Following the introduction of the Programme of Decentralisation, the Central Applications Facility (CAF), which is administered by the Public Appointments Service, was established to record transfer applications in respect of all grades, across the civil and public service. Vacancies which fall to be filled by way of transfer are filled by reference to these lists in strict order of application date and the Department has no discretion in this regard. The position therefore is that the person in question can only be considered for a transfer when her place on the relevant transfer list has been reached.