Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a new recruitment campaign will be advertised by Public Appointments Service to fill vacancies arising for fluent Irish speakers at the grade of clerical officer over the next 24 months. [6215/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the principal recruiter for the civil service. It establishes panels from competitions, including for civil service positions requiring fluency in the Irish language, that are available to civil service employers to access as vacancies arise.

PAS last advertised a Clerical Officer with fluency in Irish competition on 25 June 2021 and the recruitment panel established from this competition is available for employers to draw from until 30 June 2023.

All recruitment is demand led and the requirement for new recruitment campaigns, including for posts with fluency in Irish, is kept under regular review by PAS. I am advised that PAS will likely to run a further competition within the next 24 months, although it is too early to confirm when precisely that may be.