Written answers

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Department of Defence

Defence Forces Recruitment

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of the external agencies involved in the recent recruitment campaign to the Defence Forces; if he will provide the name of the company; the fee structure involved; the total cost incurred in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51221/12]

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the recruitment campaign to the Defence Forces was not conducted internally within the Defence Forces or within the Public Service; the reason it was necessary to outsource part of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51222/12]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 488 and 489 together.

The Military Authorities have advised that the 2012 General Service Recruitment campaign along with the Army and Naval Service Cadetship Competitions were carried out by Permanent Defence Force personnel with assistance provided by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) in the staging of the Psychometric Testing element of these competitions. Normally there is no payment accruing to PAS, however, due to exceptional circumstances there was a charge of €14,021 in 2012. The cost of hiring the venue for Psychometric Testing was €8,000. No outside recruitment agency was utilised by the Defence Forces for any element of these competitions.

The services of CAE PARC Aviation, a specialist aviation recruitment company, are used to assist in the selection of Air Corps Cadets. This company carries out specialist psychometric and psychomotor testing. The expertise in this particular area of testing is not available in the Defence Forces or in PAS. The cost involved in availing of PARC services was €52,000 in 2012.

In 2012, an additional €106,310 was expended on advertising for the General Service Recruitment Competition, Cadetship Competitions, Air Corp Apprentice Competition and Naval Service Engine Room Artificer Competition.

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