2024 Assistant Principal in Civil Service

It's definitely two years of overall service, and it's to the date of the application so you're fine!

I don't know anything about this.. but I would think that anyone who opts for Irish language position should certainly have some advantage in a comp. I would imagine that fluent Irish speakers are hard to come by in civil service & there is certainly a requirement there for them. Also with staff mobility etc I'm sure there would be vacancies to fill. I would think having passed the original tests & if you pass the Irish fluency test then you should stand a good chance provided there's positions in your chosen area. Also the "pool" of fluent Irish speakers in a comp would be considerably smaller...so you may have greater chance of appointment. Would be interested to see how things go for you! Best of Luck!

Appointments from Irish Language Stream by competition listed above.

Yes, please do! ..looking at the table posted above by @ShatterResistant , appointments were made in 2016 & 2020...4 year gap.. 2024 comp could be your year!! 🤞

Has anyone heard anything from PAS about when shortlisting will begin?

At shortlisting stage you can move up, down or be eliminated altogether.

No, still waiting to hear. I'd just like to know where I stand in terms of OOM. I did ok in the tests but that doesn't mean much seeing as you can still be eliminated during the shortlisting stage. I'm surprized there is such a delay. Appointments from the last AP comp (2022) will cease at the end of Feb. They already extended that comp so I doubt they can extend it again. You would think they would be hosting Batch 1 interviews for this comp in order to have a panel ready. There must be very little demand for AP's at present..

They’re still placing people from the 2022 panel. I know someone who just got appointed. There are still people on that panel. Hard to see how they will get this competition done when there is so little time for the whole process. If they stick with the timeline it looks like there will be very few appointments from this competition.

In the 2022 competition it was over 6 weeks between test results and shortlisting results.😮

Actually you're right and I read my records wrong. It was 6 wks from shortlist result to interview and it was indeed 2 weeks from test results to shortlisting - sorry about that!

Hi all, I’ve never done a civil service interview before and looking to get some practice - are there any organisations that people have used / would recommend? Thanks

I reached out to public jobs regarding shortlisting timeframes. Sharing the response here. It appears some people in Batch 1 may hear back in February.

"A shortlisting board is meeting from now to early February to assess candidates’ applications.

Candidates are called from Stage 1 – Online Assessment to Stage 2 – Shortlisting based on their total score.

Candidates are brought forward to each stage in batches. The number of candidates per batch varies depending on the number of outstanding vacancies, so we are only calling candidates forward when there is a demand from Departments to fill vacancies within locations.

Should there be demand for your chosen location, and we reach your total score from Stage 1, we will be in contact with you via your publicjobs message board."

Did they mention how big each batch is?

Thanks it's answers the question but they've left it super vague so still none the wiser!