Michael Conaghan (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has set a time-limit within which individuals awaiting redeployment must be fully redeployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33554/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Public Appointments Service (PAS), which has day-to-day operational responsibility for the implementation of redeployment, has put in place a system of Resource Panels of Civil Service and State Agency staff to support the redeployment processes in those sectors agreed under the Croke Park Agreement. Posts to be filled by redeployment are offered in the first instance to the relevant panel or panels. It is a matter for the employer to identify the number and grades of posts to be redeployed in the first instance and to upload the posts onto the PAS panels. Employers can do this early in the redeployment process to maximise the opportunities to place their staff. There is no set time-limit within which individuals awaiting redeployment must be redeployed.

To ensure an effective system, Personnel Officers in sending and receiving organisations have been asked to put a dedicated Redeployment Liaison Officer in place to proactively manage the redeployment of staff. In addition, my Department works on an ongoing basis with PAS and other stakeholders to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the redeployment processes and of the panel system in particular.