Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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 public competition process the reason he plans to depart from that process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, the role of Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is pivotal in terms of budgetary and expenditure policy and central to the overall Government reform agenda.

I intend to fill the position of Secretary General in my Department via an open competition to be undertaken by the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) with the assistance of the Public Appointments Service.

TLAC operates under the Code of Practice issued by the Commission for Public Service Appointments in accordance with the principles of merit, consistency, accountability, probity, best practice and professional confidentiality.

I expect the process to commence shortly.