Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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875. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether basic information about particular public appointments to HSE posts, namely, the date of the appointment, the relevant service location and the method of recruitment uses, for example, national recruitment panel, local interview or appointment by transfer, should be provided by the HSE in responses to Parliamentary Questions or to any interested parties wishing to access it; and if not, by what justification could this information be withheld by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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This is a service issue that is managed by the HSE and governed by the Commission for Public Service Appointments which falls under the remit of the Minister of Finance.

The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 provides the regulatory framework for fair, transparent and merit-based recruitment, and selection in the HSE and the broader public service.

The Act sets out the rules for recruitment and obliges public bodies to uphold the Code of Practice when making an appointment. If an appointment is required to be made under the Act, a selection process must be carried out. That process must:

- Be fair, transparent and merit-based

- Adhere to the Code of Practice

- Contain the review and appeal mechanisms set out in the Code of Practice

Under Section 7 & 8 of the code of practice a candidate may request a review or make a complaint to the commission if they feel information in relation to an appointment they had applied for was being held contrary to the transparency obligation specified in the code of practice.