Public Appointments Service

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Questions (293)

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Public Appointments Service records the nationality or country of qualification of applicants for consultant posts advertised through PublicJobs.ie; if not, whether there are plans to collect such data for workforce planning purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41298/26]

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Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

I have been advised that publicjobs currently records a candidate's citizenship, the country where they obtained their primary degree and the country where their specialist training was completed for Consultant posts run through publicjobs