Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements in place for clerical officers in the Civil Service to transfer to other locations outside Dublin such as Portlaoise and the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11999/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, in the case of grades represented by the Civil Public and Services Union, that is the Clerical Officer and Staff Officer grades, transfers for these grades can be arranged in accordance with formal procedures agreed with the Staff Side at General Council under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service.

In the civil service the Central Transfer Scheme (CTS) for Clerical Officers was negotiated with the Staff Side Unions in 1978.  It provides for cross-Departmental transfer arrangements and is a mechanism for filling clerical vacancies in provincial locations.

Information on possible or actual transfers under this scheme are not held centrally by my Department.

Under Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan, my Department is currently considering ways to improve mobility arrangements across the Civil Service beginning with grades at Clerical and Executive Officer level.