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Apply for an excluding order
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In some cases, the Commission can exclude, certain unestablished civil service positions from the requirements of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004. If a civil service body thinks that a certain position should be excluded from the Act, it can apply for an excluding order.
Orders are generally only granted for specific short-term initiatives or in exceptional circumstances. For more information on the type of positions an excluding order can be granted for, you can see the Commission's Guidance note here:
In order to mitigate any risk that temporary appointment of interns might displace potentially permanent posts, the Commission considers that such placements would not normally be for any longer than 6-12 months in duration and the work assigned to appointees would not be the usual day-to-day work of the units to which they are assigned. Advance approval from the Commission is required for all placement programmes, with recruiters to provide a business case that will demonstrate any programme for which Commission approval is sought does not present a risk of displacement of potentially permanent posts.
In order to fill out this form you will need:
- A letter of sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
- Information on the position that the application relates to
- A detailed business case outlining the reasons why you believe an excluding order is required
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