Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2026
263. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to clarify the procedure when the Commission for Public Service Appointments finds that the Public Appointments Service has made a flawed decision (details supplied). [32587/26]
View answerThe Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) is an independent statutory body, established under the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, responsible for overseeing appointments to a wide range of positions in the civil and public service.
As part of its role in ensuring that appointments to publicly-funded positions are fair, transparent and merit-based, it examines complaints in relation to selection processes.
My Department is not involved in the examination of complaints made to the CPSA. However, I am advised that each case is different, and in general where it is found that a selection process has not been carried out in line with the Code of Practice for Appointments to Positions in the Civil and Public Service, the CPSA then makes recommendations to the relevant public body to change future selection processes. It cannot, however, reverse a recruitment decision made by a recruiting body within its remit.
