Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2026
223. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding any mechanism in place within his Department that allows for civil servants to transfer on secondment to an equivalent role within the European Union, without negatively impacting their pension and other employment rights; his views on the merits of such a scheme. [34431/26]
View answerStaff in the Department of the Taoiseach regularly avail of the opportunity to work in the European Commission under the National Experts in Professional Training (NEPT) and the Seconded National Experts (SNE) programmes.
The NEPT programme is a bi-annual training scheme for a period of 3-5 months and the SNE vacancies are usually for a period of 1-2 years and are advertised on a monthly basis.
There is no negative impact on pension or other employment rights of staff members who participate in these programmes.
