Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of investigations conducted by the Commission for Public Service Appointments regarding the blic recruitment process in the University of Limerick in 2015; the findings of such a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46982/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Commission for Public Service Appointments is the regulatory body for recruitment and selection in the civil and public service. It is responsible for ensuring that appointments to publicly funded positions, that fall within its remit, are done so fairly, transparently and on the basis of merit.

Appointments that fall within the remit of the Commission are those that are subject to the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004. This includes appointments to:

- Positions in the Civil Service

- Certain positions in An Garda Síochána

- Positions to which the Local Authorities Act 1926 applies

- Positions in the HSE

- Positions in certain public service bodies

The CPSA has informed me that as appointments to positions within Irish universities are not those which are subject to the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004, they are not therefore subject to oversight by the Commission.

With regard to an investigation into recruitment processes in the University of Limerick in 2015, this is not one which was carried out by the Commission, or in which it was involved. The Commission is therefore not in a position to provide any information on the findings of the investigation.