Allow Redeployment The purpose of the 2013 Act is to amend the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 to: provide for the removal of legislative barriers to redeployment and mobility within the public service by broadening the definition of public service body to encompass all public service employers except commercial State bodies and their subsidiaries; empowering the Public Appointments Service (PAS) to designate […]
FEMPI Act 2015 Between 2009 and 2013, there were five Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Acts passed to reduce the remuneration of public servants and pensions payable to former public servants. The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 amends these previous Acts to begin a partial and phased restoration of the reductions made by them, as agreed by the […]
FEMPI Acts There have been a number of Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act. The Acts were introduced in the context of stabilization of public finances. A €2 billion reduction was required in expenditure. The first 2009 Act provided for a pensions levy. The second 2009 Act required a reduction in the remuneration of all public servants. Public servants were widely defined to […]
Overview The Civil Service is not a homogeneous body. There are civil servants of government departments. There are civil servants of the other major institutions bodies under the Constitution and statute who are not civil servants of the government. Those established under the Constitution include persons working in the office of the Attorney General’s office, the Controller and Auditor General, the President and the Oireachtas. […]
The Civil Service The Civil Service, in the narrow sense, is a much smaller category than the public service. Civil servants are employed directly by a government department or other state institutions under the Constitution. Members of The Civil Service are selected by the Public Appointments Service. Ministers appoint Civil Servants in such numbers and grades as are approved by the Department of Finance. 2004 […]
Overview The Public Service Management Act 1997 provided for a new management structure to enhance the effectiveness and transparency of the operations of Departments of State and certain other offices of the public service. It sought to increase accountability of civil service while preserving the discretion of the government in relation to its responsibility to Dáil Éireann. It sought to provide for the administration of […]
New Entrants The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 made significant changes for new entrants to the public service after 1 April 2004. The minimum age for receiving a pension should generally be 65. There should be no compulsion for persons to retire at a particular age if they are fit and willing to remain in employment. Superannuation includes any pension, gratuity or other […]
Recruitment Generally, civil servants are recruited in competitions. The Public Appointments Service and the Commission for Public Service Appointments act as recruitment agents. The Public Appointments Service recruits assess and select appointees for government departments. The Commission for Public Service Appointments regulates recruitment. It publishes codes of practice and standards which must be complied with. It can allow public service bodies to recruit themselves or […]