Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide funding for two extra full-time principal solicitor posts for the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28809/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Two current vacancies within the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), one for Principal Solicitor and the other for Legal Advisor, have been converted to “Enforcement Portfolio Manager” posts graded at Principal level following restructuring proposals drawn up by the Director of the Office. The necessary funding for these posts is already in place.  The Enforcement Portfolio Managers will have responsibility, among other things, for leading and managing a portfolio of cases and projects in both civil and criminal enforcement.  In order to be eligible to apply for these posts, prospective candidates must (i) have been called to the Bar or have been admitted and be enrolled as a Barrister or Solicitor in the State or (ii) be a member of an Accountancy Body recognised by the Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA).

Through a recent Civil Service-wide advertisement campaign a number of serving Civil Servants have applied to be considered for one of the posts in question and these applications are due to be considered shortly.  The other post is to be filled through open competition. If the first mentioned process does not result in the position being filled, it will also be filled through open competition.