Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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537. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when candidates for a competition (details supplied) will be employed from the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19239/22]

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, with candidates ranked in order of merit, that are available to civil service employers to access as vacancies arise.

In the case of the referenced 2021 Clerical Officer competition, I am advised by PAS that some 190 assignments have been made to date nationally from the panel formed.  Assignments will continue to be made from this panel until January 2023.  Candidates should contact PAS directly regarding their placement on the panel for a particular region.

All recruitment is demand led and placement on a PAS recruitment panel is not a guarantee of appointment to a civil service position.