David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a UK public service employee that applies for and receives a similar position in a local authority here is placed at the bottom of the local authority pay scale; if not, if their previous years of employment will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27213/21]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the service of a person (details supplied) is not taken into account on recognition for the relevant pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27221/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together.

With effect from 1 January 2011 all new appointees recruited from open competitions to direct entry grades in the Public Service must start at the first point of the relevant pay scale.

The appointment to an Irish local authority of persons who are not serving employees of an Irish local authority on or after 1 January 2011 therefore must be at the minimum point of the scale.