Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 258: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the numbers of public servants that have been appointed over the past twelve months by the Public Appointments Service. [36585/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Public Appointments Service is the independent centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Civil Service. It also provides these services to local authorities, the Health Service Executive, An Garda Síochána and other public bodies, where required.

Having completed a selection process, the PAS assigns or recommends individuals for appointment by the relevant authority e.g. Government, Minister, Local Authority, Board, etc.

PAS reports on an annual basis. Additional time is required to undertake an analysis of the last twelve months. A response will be forwarded direct to the Deputy shortly. During 2011 assignments and recommendations made by PAS was1,746. This number includes 982 Temporary Clerical assignments and following initial stages of the selection process undertaken by PAS for the Garda Reserve (a voluntary position), 427 names were forwarded to the Garda Authorities for consideration at the final selection stages.

PAS handled a total of 35,080 applications during 2011.

In addition to the above, 23 campaigns were initiated and the preliminary selection stages conducted by PAS on behalf of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC).

Further details are available in the Public Appointments Service Annual Report 2011 available on http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/about/publications.htm