Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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678. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to fill the 18 vacant posts in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19726/16]

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is an independent statutory body and I, as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have no direct function in the day to day operations of the Agency including in relation to its recruitment activities.

The CCPC is now well advanced into the process of hiring 25 additional staff to make up the numbers that have been depleted over the years and to resource new functions.

Since the most recent recruitment process began the CCPC has filled 12 positions over the last two months. The skill sets recruited include competition experts, enforcement, policy analysts, senior IT, regulation, HR and administration. Many of those recruited have commenced employment or are due to start shortly. The rest of the vacancies are at various stages of the recruitment process, including backfilling for vacancies created where internal staff have been successful in the external competitions and for new vacancies that have arisen as a result of departures (including resignations and retirements). The CCPC expects to have the remaining vacancies filled over the coming months.

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