2024 Assistant Principal in Civil Service

That’s really helpful, thank you. Congrats on the AP position!

does anyone know if these positions are full time in the office for first 6-12 months or probationary period and if the terms state that is that the reality .. eg in my place you have to do 6 months in the office per contract but in reality it’s more like the first few weeks. Nobody else is in so what’s the point in dragging new people in 5 days.
Significant amount of new APs couldn’t afford Dublin housing now ? So hopefully they are accommodating ?

Does anyone have an up to date number they have called for interview for Dublin panel please ?

I got an email from PAS on 5 June to say it was still up to OOM 63 to Stage 3 in Dublin. This hasn’t changed since 9 May….

I contacted PAS today to see if there was any further movement for Dublin. Still 61 at the OOM so they are not scheduling any new interviews at the moment - though I was hoping they would since the results of 1.2 batch are out already. Very slow process!

That's what I thought as well. But then checked the boards for the 2022 competition and they were doing batch 2 interviews throughout July - so did not stop for the summer months.

See breakdown across locations for previous competitions: https://www.publicjobs.ie/restapi/documents/Assistant_Principal_Vacancy_by_Region_Previous_Competitions_2024.pdf

This competition is technically open until the end of the year so I don't think they would start a new one until this one closes. Not holding out much hope at all unfortunately.

Ok thanks for your response, good to know. I thought as the principal one already opened and closed, I thought the rest would follow suit.

Interesting - from this PQ answer, over 1000 were called to interview in last comp. Seemingly 98 called so far in this competition - so maybe some regional movement as well as the c. 65 in Dublin.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-06-12/304/#spk_594

Out of interest, do we know where people who have been called already have been assigned to?

I'm constantly amazed by how contributors here are able to report and give updates on the latest information they have got from PAS. As far as I can see it's impossible to get anything out of them. They tell you on the "messageboard" to email clearance@publicjobs.ie and quote your candidate ID and AP 2024, if you have any queries but then ignore emails. Phone calls are also a waste of time. They go to the trouble of ringing you back on a missed call from your mobile and you think "great, this is very efficient of them" and then they put you through to a voicemail. If they put up an update or emailed everyone with the current status it would avoid all of this (probably incorrect) speculation on here and probably have fewer phone calls and emails to deal with in the first place. I would say they have no intention of filling vacancies before the panel expires in December or they don't exist in the first place anyway.

I got called to interview. Dublin panel. Last week of the month.