A new competition has opened. Closed on 24/10 on public jobs.
Good Luck to all those applying
https://www.publicjobs.ie/en/?option=com_jobsearch&view=jobdetails&cid=194388&campaignId=24456408&Itemid=263
I’m so confused with how it works! Does anyone have a sense of recent vacancies?
I'm finishing a master's; due in August. I'm probably the opposite of all of you here, I'm in no hurry! I'm also open and interD, I might have to turn down whichever one I get offered first
You have the added benefit of turning down the interD and waiting for the Open. If not kept within your own Department, I think it will be at least August with pre-clearance/Garda vetting (4-8 weeks) and notice (usually 4 weeks).
Open to correction from anyone with better knowledge of the process.
Does anyone have any idea as to when the 2026 comp will go live?
Does anyone know if there’s a general open AP competition expected or is it specialised only? Many thanks
I was shortlisted for batch 3 back in March for Dublin and am trying to figure out how likely I am to be called.
Are there more people to be called to interview in batch 2 for Dublin or have they interviewed everyone?
If they've gotten through everyone does anyone know the total numbers left across the batch 2 sub-batches?
have you interviewed yet or just informed that you would be interviewed soon?
I’ve only been told that I was shortlisted. No indications about when/if I’ll be interviewed.
I see it's been extended until end of September (confirmed by PAS). At this point I'm personally resigned to waiting for the new competition to be announced as progression from Stage 1 in my chosen county has been slow (no movement since last year).
Envious of all those giving updates who applied to Dublin, shame we couldnt choose more than one location for those willing to move around or boardering multiple zones with locations within easy commute.
Yeah, I think people who are asked to do a survey after this comp should say that. In this era of 2 days a week in the office people from lots of counties could potentially go to Dublin if they had to, but would also like the opportunity to apply for their home county. I have a huge commute 2 days a week. I'm happy I got AP, but would like to have been able to at least try for my home county and the counties around my home county.
Does anyone know if any further offers have gone out?
Any advances in Sligo and Leitrim. I think Leitrim shortlisted but nothing moved in Sligo as far as i am aware
Has anyone been assigned to their Department but waiting on the Department to assign them ?
Just an FYI, I went into preclearance on Tuesday and assigned to my Dept on Thursday. You might have been pulled too but if not you're very close.
Anyone heard any updates about Wexford?
Last I heard they called open OOM 4 and inter OOM 1 to interview.
that's great congratulations.
Was that offer your interd or open placing?
InterD place
Hi All,
Can someone explain and provide some advice on how to best manage your position on the open and interdepartmental panel.
When you are reached on the panel and go into clearance and come under consideration for a position, if you get offered, say an interdepartmental vacancy. You fill out the clearance paperwork, and they tell you what department you're assigned too.
At what point would I be removed from the open panel? Would I be removed when I agree to go through the clearance process for the interdepartmental vacancy?
Can I go through the clearance process and refuse the offer of role in the assigned department if I don't want it and wait for the open panel offer instead?
Is my place on the open panel still active, and I'm not removed until I accept the interdepartmental offer after clearance is fully completed?
Can someone provide some helpful advice it would very much be appreciated as to how to manage this or someone who has gone through this before might have some insight how it works?
Thanks
No movement on the Wexford panel since it was formed last October from what I can tell
Yes it's odd too I know of 3 AP posts that are unfilled in my department in Wexford since January. I wonder if PAS are not calling or local HR are not requesting.
anyone know what type of information PAS look for in the reference? Have tried to go back in this forum but can’t find anything
Are you existing CS? They usually just send a form to local HR and that feeds down to your line manager, usually a tick box did they pass pads,sick days etc.
Can anyone explain how the appointment process works. I’m next to be appointed from an external panel and I know of 2 vacancies in a Department that are being filled from an internal panel. When does a Department have to appoint from an external panel or can they just choose when to do so? Is there a circular that dictates how the appointment process should work?
Anyone know if there's been movement on the open panel in Dublin? Just interested in interD Vs open progression
There is a sequencing arrangement agreed by DPER and unions as to how recruitment is managed from Open/InterD/Internal/Mobility and Departments have to report on it to DPER with the numbers.
You’ll often hear a HR Unit comment that they have “debts” to a certain stream, this means for whatever reason or another (usually panel availability) too many were recruited from one stream and now they’ve to try and make up the difference from the other streams
any one got any good news re vetting timeline? it’s a bit silly waiting for vetting to come back before contacting references- pity it couldn’t be done in parallel
It makes sense to not contact your references until all other checks are complete. Lots of people wouldn’t want their employer knowing they’re leaving until every other criteria is checked.
My vetting took around 6 weeks. I think publicjobs.ie forgot to do their part as when I chased them, it all happened the next day.
anyone on here in the Kildare pool? Seems to have gone silent after shortlisting months ago
When is this competition closing? Was very high up for my county after aptitude but it hasn’t moved since. I know it’s all demand led but it’s very disheartening.
