Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a transfer application by a person (details supplied). [10113/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In the event of a fillable vacancy arising in the specified locations, the Department is obliged in the first instance to fill the post by redeployment.

Where there are no staff available from the redeployment panel, the Department will then seek to fill the post by reference to the Central Transfer List or the CAF (Central Applications Facility) depending on the location.

In accordance with formal agreements with the Civil and Public Services Union and the Department of Finance, the names of people applying for a transfer to another location are recorded in strict order of date of application.

The person concerned is currently placed 92nd for Donegal Town, 94th for Dungloe, 100th for Dunfanaghy and 18th for Letterkenny.

The people placed ahead of the person in question must be considered before her if a vacancy does arise in the locations mentioned.