Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 98: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if opportunities for redeployment within the public service are open to persons employed in a permanent seasonal capacity; the way a person can become aware of and apply for such opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Public Service Agreement 2010-14 (Croke Park Agreement) provides for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and in other parts of the public service. Under the Agreement, redeployment generally takes precedence over all other methods of filling a vacancy and supersedes any existing agreements on the deployment of staff. It sets out the agreed redeployment arrangements within the Health, Education, and Local Authority sectors; and within and between the Civil Service and Non-Commercial State Sponsored Bodies (NCSSB). It also provides that cross sectoral redeployments will follow the arrangements agreed for the NCSSBs.

The redeployment arrangements allow staff to be moved from activities which are of lesser priority, or which have been rationalised, reconfigured, or restructured, to areas of greater need. In practical terms these arrangements represent a means of facilitating the targeted reduction in public service numbers in the period 2010 to 2014 while sustaining the ongoing delivery of services. The arrangements are not intended to be a staff mobility scheme. Where there are specific requirements for seasonal staff, these are filled directly by the relevant employing Departments and Agencies.