Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who has been on a transfer list for over 12 years, is offered a transfer. [3316/16]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In accordance with protocols agreed between the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU) and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the names of Clerical Officers applying for a transfer to an alternative location are entered on the relevant transfer list in the order in which they are received and the Department has no discretion to deviate from the order of the transfer lists.

The person concerned was offered a transfer to my Department’s Mullingar office in May 2010 but declined the offer. The staff member’s name was removed from the transfer list, as is the agreed procedure. The staff member subsequently re-applied for inclusion on the transfer list in September 2010 and is currently no. 112 on the Mullingar transfer list. Should a vacancy fall to be filled by way of transfer, those ahead on the list, all of whom will have their own particular set of circumstances, would have to be considered before the staff member.