Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 16 September 2016, if, in the last round of recruitment for chief officer 2 - work and training in the Irish Prison Service, every person awarded a mark of at least five out of ten for each competency following assessment of their application forms by the interview board was automatically offered an interview. [26952/16]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 16 September 2016, if some individuals who scored a mark of at least five out of ten for each competency following assessment of their application forms by the interview board in the last round of recruitment for chief officer 2 - work and training in the Irish Prison Service, were offered an interview for the role only after email correspondence with the Irish Prison Service in which those individuals pointed out that they had not been offered interviews despite having the necessary scores. [26953/16]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 16 September 2016, if written records are kept of the scores awarded at interview for the chief officer 2 - work and training in the Irish Prison Service, including evidence of the way in which cumulative scores for each competency are arrived at. [26954/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, together.

I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that its recent competition for Chief Officer 2 (Work and Training) involved a short-listing stage under which, in order for candidates to progress to the next stage, a minimum mark of 5 had to be achieved under each of the 5 competencies and that failure to meet the minimum mark in any particular competency would result in the candidate's application not progressing to the next stage.

I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that following the short-listing stage, a number of candidates who had received at least 5 out of 10 for each competency were not initially among those short-listed for interview by the board, which was highlighted to the Irish Prison Service by a number of these candidates. As this was found not to be in accordance with the terms of the competition circular, the Irish Prison Service immediately took corrective action and invited all candidates who received at least 5 out of 10 for each competency for interview to ensure full compliance of the terms of the competition circular.

Finally, I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that at interview stage, the board marked each candidate out of 100 for each of the five competencies, with an overall mark awarded out of 500, and that written records have been kept by it of the scores awarded by the board.