Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of recruitment planned for the public service; the grades at which recruitment will take place; and if the local authorities will be included. [42004/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for workforce planning and recruitment to the Civil Service. The following recruitment competitions for the Civil Service are currently in progress by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) or are scheduled to take place in 2015.

Competitions in Progress

A competition for Clerical Officer in the Civil and Public Service is ongoing and the first offers of appointment from this competition are currently being made. It is anticipated that approximately 300 will be placed on the panel for the Civil Service.

A competition for Graduate Economist in the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service closed in late October. A competition for Administrative Officer in the Civil Service and for graduate recruitment for the Local Authority Sector also closed in late October.

Competitions Scheduled for remainder of 2014

An Executive Officer/ICT Specialist competition for the Civil Service will be announced this week. Arrangements for an open Executive Officer competition are being finalised and will be advertised later this month.

Competitions Scheduled for 2015

In respect of Civil Service competitions to be held in 2015, plans are being made for an Assistant Principal Officer competition which will include both open recruitment and interdepartmental elements. In addition, an open Principal Officer competition will take place in the first quarter of 2015.

Recruitment plans for the public service more generally are a matter, in the first instance, for the Minister with responsibility for each of the relevant sectors of the public service.  In particular recruitment into the local authority sector is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government within the overall framework currently in place to manage the public service pay bill and public service numbers.