Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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259. To ask the Minister for Finance if a public competition will be run under the TLAC process to select candidates for the position of Secretary General of his Department; if he chooses to select a Secretary General outside of the public competition process the reason he plans to depart from that process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21135/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that arrangements for the filling of the Secretary General, Department of Finance post are a matter for the Government. The post will not come within the remit of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) but appointment to this post will take account of the key competencies that have been developed for use by TLAC for Secretary General Posts.

Leadership

Establishing Vision and Purpose

Providing Developmental Leadership

Judgement

Judgement and Systemic Perspective

Steering through the political environment

Environmental Awareness

Managing Relationships

Managing Relationships

Communication

Personal Drive for Results

Managing for Results

Personal Drive and Accountability

Performance Focus

Professional Integrity

The Secretary General oversees the work of the Department dealing with economic, fiscal, taxation and banking policy matters.She/he is an ex officio member of the Central Bank Commission and the National Treasury Management Agency’s Advisory Committee and has various other roles.

The person to be appointed will be

- A person with a proven track record of significant achievement as a leader and senior manager;

- A person with a demonstrated capacity as a high quality leader and manager of a team of skilled professionals;

- A person capable of providing strategic leadership across economic, fiscal, financial and banking policy matters;

- A skilled negotiator in the international and domestic political context;

- A person with economic and financial experience and expertise;

- A person with an understanding of the policy and political context in which the Department operates;

- An excellent communicator.

Before a decision is taken by the Government on this appointment, all suitable applicants in the civil service will be considered.