Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 2 November 2016, if he will confirm that there are currently plans for recruitment at assistant principal level in 2016. [33902/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the last open and interdepartmental standard Assistant Principal Officer competitions were held in June 2015 and is currently being used to fill existing vacancies at Assistant Principal Officer level in the Civil Service. Such panels usually last for a period of between eighteen months to two years.

A competition for Human Resource Managers at Assistant Principal Officer level was advertised by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) last Thursday 4 November 2016.

While my officials and officials in PAS are discussing the possibility of further competitions including at Assistant Principal Officer level, it is not possible at this time to confirm when such a competition may be held.