Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that will be filled by the recent competition for administrative officers in the Civil Service. [42806/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Public Appointments Service advertised a series of Administrative Officer (AO) competitions on the 30 August 2013 with a closing date of 19 September 2013. The competitions covered five streams: Economics, Human Resources, Tax Policy, Law, and Banking and Finance. 2,672 candidates applied for the competitions.

The Public Appointments Service is currently conducting a selection process to put panels in place by January 2014. Once panels are in place, a supply of qualified candidates will be available to meet the demand from Departments to fill vacancies at AO level. The number of posts filled will be dictated by the needs of individual Departments, having regard to the requirements of their Employee Control Framework (ECF). A similar series of AO competitions was held last year, from which a total of 125 candidates were placed on panels and 95 posts have been filled to date.