Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41465/20]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Service Agreements (PSAs) provide for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and in other parts of the public service. My Department remains responsible for redeployment in the Civil Service and non-commercial State bodies, and these redeployments panels are operated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). My Department is in contact with both the Department of Transport and PAS in regard to the redeployment of the staff members.

It is important to note that to date a total of 33 staff members have been redeployed from Shannon Development.

LRC recommendation 21632 continues to be implemented. There are currently 10 staff members on the panel, with only 4 of these staff pre-dating the LRC recommendation. An offer is currently in place to one of these staff members.  It is also worth noting that two staff members have declined opportunities recently.

These staff will continue to be redeployed within the Civil Service under the terms of the PSAs. However, it remains the position that these staff can only be redeployed if and when suitable vacancies become available, primarily within this region. It should also be noted that vacancies in regional locations, particularly for specialist roles and/or higher grades, tend to be fewer.

The redeployment policy and scheme continues to be reviewed by my Department, in collaboration with PAS.