Written answers

Thursday, 17 June 2021

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Civil Service

Photo of Matt ShanahanMatt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent)
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236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions remaining unfilled by clerical officer, executive officer and higher executive officer level in the Civil Service in County Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to the impediment to the swift filling of these positions in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32555/21]

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unfilled positions in the civil service in Waterford; the number of positions available at each grade from competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32599/21]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 243 together.

It is a key responsibility of each Minister and Government Department to manage expenditure within the agreed allocations. In order to provide enhanced scope for Departments and Offices to manage staffing levels and composition within their allocated financial resources, a policy of delegated sanction was introduced by Government in 2015 in relation to staff management, including recruitment.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the principal recruiter for appointments to the civil service.All recruitment is demand-led and PAS undertakes competitions on behalf of the civil service to establish recruitment panels that may be drawn upon as general service vacancies arise in Government Departments or Offices across the country. Individual recruitment campaigns may be undertaken for more specialised professional or technical posts as the need arises.

As set out in the table below, PAS has confirmed that it presently has 15 requests on hand from Government Departments or Offices to fill civil service vacancies in the Waterford region:

Grade No. of vacant posts being filled by PAS at present
Temporary Clerical Officer 2
Clerical Officer 11
Executive Officer 1
Higher Executive Officer 1

9 of the Clerical Officer posts related to a bulk intake request that PAS has recently received from Revenue. Of the 15 requests on hand, 13 were received by PAS this month.

The timeframe to fill some roles may be impacted in a number of ways. This can include, for example, specific conditions to be satisfied during candidate clearance including Garda Vetting in instances where individuals have lived overseas, where there are delays in candidates providing supporting documentation or if candidates withdraw from a competition in the final stages of the recruitment process.

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