Written answers
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Staff
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department, by county and by month in tabular form. [27246/21]
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy for my Department and the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the tables below.
I would advise the Deputy that the Office of the National Lottery Regulator (ORNL) is a public service body and, as such, ORNL staff are public servants and not civil servants.
In relation to my own Department, all posts filled through open and internal competitions are located in Dublin.
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
| Month | Number of Posts filled through Open Competition since April 2020 | Number of Posts filled through internal Competition since April 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 3 | - |
| May 2020 | 1 | - |
| June 2020 | 4 | - |
| July 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| August 2020 | 6 | - |
| September 2020 | 3 | - |
| October 2020 | 5 | 1 |
| November 2020 | 1 | - |
| December 2020 | 1 | - |
| January 2021 | 4 | - |
| February 2021 | 4 | - |
| March 2021 | 2 | - |
| April 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| May 2021 (to date) | 6 | - |
Office of Government Procurement
| Month | Number of Posts filled through Open Competition since April 2020 | Number/ location of Posts | Number of Posts filled through internal Competition since April 2020 | Number/ location of Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - |
| May 2020 | 2 | 1 post in Dublin and Cork | - | - |
| June 2020 | - | - | 1 | Dublin |
| July 2020 | - | - | 2 | Dublin |
| August 2020 | 6 | 2 posts in Dublin and Sligo. 1 Post in Cork and Meath | 8 | Dublin |
| September 2020 | - | - | 2 | Dublin |
| October 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - |
| November 2020 | 7 | 4 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Cork, Meath and Sligo | 1 | Dublin |
| December 2020 | 3 | 2 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Sligo | - | - |
| January 2021 | 5 | 2 posts in Dublin and Sligo. 1 post in Meath | - | - |
| February 2021 | 5 | 2 posts in Meath and Sligo. 1 post in Dublin | 3 | Dublin |
| March 2021 | 5 | 4 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Limerick | 1 | Dublin |
| April 2021 | 5 | 4 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Sligo | - | - |
| May 2021 (to date) | 4 | 3 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Limerick | - | - |
Bodies under the Aegis:
| Body | Month | Number of Posts filled through Open Competition since April 2020 | Number/ location of Posts | Number of Posts filled through internal Competition since April 2020 | Number/ location of Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Public Works (OPW) | April 2020 | 3 | 1 post in Dublin, Galway and Meath | - | - |
| May 2020 | 4 | 3 posts in Meath. 1 post in Kilkenny | - | - | |
| June 2020 | 3 | Dublin | - | - | |
| July 2020 | 15 | 9 posts in Dublin, 3 posts in Meath, 1 post in Limerick, Mayo and Waterford | - | - | |
| August 2020 | 7 | 2 posts in Meath and Kilkenny, 1 post in Dublin, Donegal and Limerick | - | - | |
| September 2020 | 7 | 3 posts in Dublin. 2 posts in Meath. 1 post in Galway and Limerick | 5 | 2 posts in Cork and Westmeath. 1 post in Meath. | |
| October 2020 | 7 | 2 posts in Dublin and Kilkenny. 1 post in Cork, Meath and Mayo. | 1 | Meath | |
| November 2020 | 5 | 2 posts in Dublin and Meath. 1 post in Galway. | 1 | Limerick | |
| December 2020 | 5 | 2 posts in Dublin and Limerick. 1 post in Cork | 2 | 1 post in Galway and Limerick | |
| January 2021 | 4 | 1 post in Dublin, Meath, Mayo and Westmeath. | - | - | |
| February 2021 | 1 | Galway | 1 | Meath | |
| March 2021 | 1 | Dublin | 2 | Dublin | |
| April 2021 | 2 | Dublin | 3 | 2 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Meath | |
| May 2021 (to date) | 1 | Meath | 1 | Dublin | |
| Public Appointments Service (PAS) | April 2020 | 2 | Dublin | 1 | Dublin |
| May 2020 | - | - | 5 | Dublin | |
| June 2020 | 1 | Dublin | 1 | Dublin | |
| August 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - | |
| October 2020 | 1 | Dublin | 12 | Dublin | |
| December 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - | |
| January 2021 | 7 | Dublin | - | - | |
| February 2021 | 6 | Dublin | 2 | Dublin | |
| March 2021 | 7 | Dublin | - | ||
| April 2021 | 2 | Dublin | - | ||
| May 2021 (to date) | 2 | Dublin | 2 | Dublin | |
| National Shared Services Office (NSSO) | April 2020 | 1 | Kerry | - | - |
| May 2020 | - | - | 1 | Dublin | |
| June 2020 | 2 | Kerry | 3 | 2 posts in Kerry. 1 post in Offaly | |
| July 2020 | 5 | 3 posts in Dublin. 1 post in Kerry and Galway | 2 | Dublin | |
| August 2020 | 2 | Galway | - | - | |
| September 2020 | 3 | 1 post in Dublin, Kerry and Galway | - | - | |
| October 2020 | 1 | Galway | - | - | |
| November 2020 | 1 | Galway | - | - | |
| April 2021 | 1 | Dublin | 1 | Kerry | |
| May 2021 (to date) | 1 | Offaly | 1 | Kerry | |
| State Laboratory | April 2020 | - | - | 1 | Kildare |
| June 2020 | 1 | Kildare | - | - | |
| July 2020 | - | - | 1 | Kildare | |
| August 2020 | 3 | Kildare | - | - | |
| September 2020 | 1 | Kildare | - | - | |
| November 2020 | 4 | Kildare | 2 | Kildare | |
| December 2020 | - | - | 1 | Kildare | |
| January 2021 | 1 | Kildare | 4 | Kildare | |
| February 2021 | 3 | Kildare | - | - | |
| March 2021 | 2 | Kildare | - | - | |
| April 2021 | 1 | Kildare | - | - | |
| May 2021 (to date) | 1 | Kildare | - | - | |
| Office of the Ombudsman | May 2020 | 1 | Dublin | 1 | Dublin |
| July 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - | |
| August 2020 | 2 | Dublin | - | - | |
| September 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - | |
| November 2020 | 1 | Dublin | - | - | |
| January 2021 | 2 | Dublin | - | - | |
| April 2021 | 1 | Dublin | - | - |
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the way in which the recent recruitment process for the vacant position of Secretary General of his Department was advertised; the number of advertisements placed in publications and through social media; the number of applicants for the position; the number of international applicants; the number of persons on the interview board; the qualifications and gender of same; the number that reached the final interview; if the successful candidate was chosen from a final list of suitably qualified persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27262/21]
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 305 of 28 April 2021 in which I confirmed that 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 (PAS).
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 understand that PAS is due to advertise the open competition via the PublicJobs.ie website on 21 May 2021 with a closing date of 10 June 2021.
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