Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the human resources unit in her Department did not issue the top level appointments notification for the internal competition for the position of Secretary General to the President of Ireland; and if there are other TLAC notifications that are not sent out to staff. [22766/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department’s policy is that all Top Level Appointment Commission (TLAC) posts notified to the Department are advertised to staff as a matter of course. Notwithstanding that the post referenced is not a post that falls to be filled through the TLAC process the Department would also normally issue a notice to staff advising them of the opportunity to apply. Regrettably, although the opportunity to apply for the position was notified to the Department, due to an administrative oversight it was not advertised to staff. The Department is taking steps to ensure that all such posts are advertised to staff in the future.