Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a person who wishes to transfer within the public service (details supplied); the arrangements in place for transfers and swaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18434/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, transfers for Clerical Officer and Staff Officer grades, which are represented by the Civil Public & Services Union, can be arranged in accordance with formal procedures which were agreed with the Staff Side at General Council under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service. Agreements were reached for Clerical Officers in 1978 and Staff Officers in 2001.

This formal Central Transfer Scheme provides for cross-Departmental transfer arrangements and is a mechanism for filling vacancies in provincial locations at the agreed grades.

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

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.

Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan has a commitment to develop a mobility scheme both within the civil service and the wider public service. Work on this mobility programme is ongoing with the Civil Service Management Board, Departments and staff interests. It is not possible at this stage to give a definite date when such a scheme may be introduced.