Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 4 November 2014, the length of time, number of interviews, advertising and short-listing for the position of Secretary General of his Department; and when the Secretary General was appointed. [43513/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that at the request of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC), the post was openly advertised by PAS on 28 October 2011 in the Irish Times and closed on 24 November 2011.  1,700 job alerts were sent from to people with a registered interest in this area.  The field was strengthened through executive search procedures within PAS and with the assistance from Amrop Strategis who were engaged following a procurement exercise.

A board comprising Frank Daly (Former Chairman Revenue Commissioners and NAMA), Prof Frances Ruane (ESRI), Martin Murphy (MD Hewlett Packard and TLAC) and Robert Watt (Sec Gen DPER and TLAC) was established to shortlist applications and hold preliminary interviews if necessary.  Nineteen (19) applications were presented to this Board on 19 December 2011 which shortlisted four (4) without interview for consideration by TLAC.

Upon receipt of the four (4) names, TLAC requested that a further search be carried out to augment the field.  MERC partners were chosen following a procurement exercise and submitted 4 additional names.  TLAC held interviews on 20 February 2012 and made a submission to Government on foot of which John Moran, who was among the original 4 names presented by PAS, was appointed to the position.