Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo working in her Department will have their transfer request to County Sligo sanctioned following a considerable wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28140/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department is required to operate within an Employment Control Framework, as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform. In this regard, only critical posts that arise may be filled.

Where a post is to be filled, the Department is obliged in the first instance in accordance with D/PER policy, to fill the post by way of the redeployment of staff from the Resource Panels which are administered by the Public Appointments Service. Where there is no one available from the redeployment process the Department may then refer to the relevant transfer list.

The person concerned is currently 11th on the transfer list for Sligo. All those placed ahead of her on the list must be considered before her, in the event that a post falls to be filled by way of a transfer. However, there are currently no critical posts to be filled in Sligo at Clerical Officer level at this time and none are anticipated in the short-term.