Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Department of Finance
Public Sector Staff Recruitment
Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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240. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department intend to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under the remit of his Department advertise vacant positions through the Public Appointments Service and publicjobs.ie that is in a clear and transparent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39253/13]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Public Appointments Service already advertises a large number of public service posts on publicjobs.ie when requested to by the relevant body. My Department promotes the availability of this service to public service bodies on an ongoing basis. Filling of vacancies in State Agencies and Commercial Semi-State Bodies is often a matter for individual organisations and Boards. The Public Appointments Service would be pleased to discuss the facility of advertising of vacancies on publicjobs.ie with any State Agency or Organisation. More specific information requested by the Deputy regarding filling of vacancies in my Department is outlined in the following table:
| Name of Body | Are vacant positions currently advertised through the Public Appointments Service? | Are there any proposed measures due to be put in place to ensure vacancies are advertised through the Public Appointments Service? |
|---|---|---|
| Irish Fiscal Advisory Council | Vacancies are advertised through PAS, following procedures and sanction set by DoPER. | As per the Fiscal Responsibility Act, “the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council may appoint persons to be members of staff of the Council, on such terms that are determined by the Council with the prior consent of the Minister of Finance given following consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.” Recruitment procedures are directed by DoPER, including consultation and advertising with PAS for any vacancies arising. |
| Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo) | Yes. ReBo has recently advertised 3 Job specifications, all of which were advertised by the PAS on publicjobs.ie. | The ReBo Recruitment and Selection procedures are currently being drafted and will incorporate a requirement to advertise all positions on publicjobs.ie. |
| Central Bank of Ireland | No. | The Central Bank of Ireland manages its own recruitment campaigns. Roles filled through open campaigns are advertised on the Central Bank of Ireland website. |
| Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal (IFSAT) | The Registrar is appointed by the Tribunal. | This will be assessed should future vacancies arise. |
| Financial Service Ombudsman Bureau (FSOB) | The FSOB advertises the positions of Financial Services Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman with Public Appointments Service and publicjobs.ie in a clear and transparent manner. | |
| Office of the Revenue Commissioners | The Revenue Commissioners recruit through the Public Appointments Service. | Also through their own recruitment licence granted by the Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Where Revenue recruit using their own recruitment licence the vacancies are publicly advertised in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the CPSA. Revenue uses its own recruitment licence to fill critical skills in a number of specialised areas. For example Revenue is currently running an open competition for senior specialists, at Principal Level, in the area of Corporate and International Taxation. This competition was advertised in the national press, revenue.ie and is advertised on the Public Appointments Service website. |
The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) operates with a commercial remit to provide asset and liability management services to Government. Businesses managed by the NTMA include borrowing for the Exchequer and management of the National Debt, the State Claims Agency, the New Economy and Recovery Authority, the National Pensions Reserve Fund and the National Development Finance Agency. The NTMA assigns staff to the National Asset Management Agency and provides it with business and support services and systems. It also has a number of staff on secondment to the Department of Finance’s Banking Shareholder Management Unit. The NTMA competes with the private sector to recruit staff with necessary specialist and commercial skills and expertise to provide these services. It utilises a range of recruitment methods including advertisement on its websites, newspaper advertisements and recruitment agencies to fill positions. This recruitment model has proven highly successful and has, for example, enabled the NTMA to recruit over 280 staff to NAMA since NAMA's formal establishment in December 2009.
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