Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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1091. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe to fill each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [16865/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department works with the Public Appointments Service to fill vacancies in line with guidelines as set out by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Our Human Resources Unit places great emphasis and urgency on backfilling vacancies in as quick a timeframe as possible, to ensure that our units are adequately resourced to deliver on our statement of strategy goals. As such, we currently have only one vacancy at Higher Executive Officer grade or above, which I have noted in the table below: