Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider introducing formal arrangements within the civil service to facilitate requests for transfers to other locations where vacancies may arise at grades above clerical and staff officer level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31057/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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As the Deputy will be aware at the moment there are no formal arrangements in place within the Civil Service to facilitate requests for transfers to other locations/employments, except in the case of grades represented by the Civil Public & Services Union.Transfers for these grades (mostly Clerical and Staff Officers) are arranged in accordance with formal procedures agreed with the Staff Side at General Council under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service.

Interdepartmental transfers between other grades in the Civil Service can be arranged on an informal, head-to-head, basis. Such transfers are arranged between the officers seeking to move and the relevant Personnel Units and require the agreement of both Personnel Officers.

Under Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan, my Department is considering ways to improve mobility across both the Civil Service and the wider Public Service.