Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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516. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to sanctioning permanent contracts for clerical officers employed on continuous temporary contracts for over five years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In 2012, my Department commenced the appointment of Temporary Clerical Officers (TCOs) to support the roll out of the Public Services Card project. These TCOs were assigned from panels established by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) and issued with contracts for the specified temporary purpose of supporting the roll out of the project.

Individual contracts in a particular location may be terminated if the business need in that location no longer exists. Once the initial rollout of the Public Services Card project is completed then it is the Department’s intention that all temporary staff contracts issued will finish at that time.

My Department does not have the authority to make temporary posts permanent without the sanction of the Commission for Public Service Appointments.