Clerical officer in the civil service 2026 campaign

Oh my days, top ten or f..k then. Not a slightest chance to reach the interview stage for those who are beyond 10.

They must have come off the last panel because there's they're not coming off this year's panels. I have seen the message from pas that says they've only interviewed five from the co panel.

It is the same with the t c o panel.They have called three people off the t c o panel since last November. That is monumentally slow in comparison to every other year and in comparison to every other county. Kilkenny are clearly not requesting staff.

Does anyone know how far down the list people were called in dublin?

My daughter got an email last week saying the system incorrectly scored her the first time around (she was in the 3000s) but they've rectified it and she's in the 1400s now.

To know exactly how many have been called for interview so far, you can email PAS .

I contacted them via the general email, they forwarded my email to the specific section responsible: CORecruitment@publicjobs.ie , they asked my Application ID and answered me very quickly.

I'm around the 260 's and haven't been called for interview yet. Last time I emailed them (2 weeks ago) they told me that they had called up to OOM 157 here in Dublin.

I just haven't emailed them again to not email them too much 😅. If you email (or anyone else here) please come back to tell us what they said 😉

Ok, thanks!

Trying to be optimistic, the only thing is chewing away at it is the slow pace and you don't know what to expect in the waiting game.

They're still pulling from the nationwide TCO panel in Clare. My oom was 75 and interview this Thursday.

Are u on the tco panel?

honestly depends where you are and whether or not a role comes up. For example carlow is very small so the vacancies are fewer. But yeah, in theory, once you pass the interview, providing they get to your number then yes, you should be called and being in the top ten certainly improves your chances of them reaching that number. But this panel runs out the end of October. We are halfway through and for some reason, tco panels this year are not moving like they have in previous years.

Has anyone who has been successful at interview been called to begin clearance yet?

Yea im top 100, I knew it was never going to be a speedy process but thought they might've gotten the ball rolling by now at least

Emailed PAS asking for an update on Limerick and here's what they said

"To date we have called candidates placed from 1 - 11 on the Order of Merit from Stage 1 to interview for Co. Limerick."

Just to keep people up-to-date on the rolling figures.

OOM ~150 Dublin.
I did the interview last week, and got the 'successful' email early this week, but not called for clearance yet.

I'll keep ye posted as I roll through the inevitably slow system.

On reddit r/irishcivilservice there is a post today where someone in the OOM 80s Dublin (after successful interview) has NOT yet been called for clearance, and another post in reply says they have been called to start the clearance process with an OOM in the 20s. So that might be a guide to current progress.
(But it's reddit, so there's a non-negligible chance that people are lying or getting confused about which job or county they are talking about).

8 week TCO contracts which a lot of this years are isn’t much use to a lot of people as it messes up social welfare and hardly worth the hassle of signing off and on

Very odd why they weren't interviewing and offering longer TCO contracts to people in Jan, Feb, March and April. Perhaps the 2027 competition will be a more normal one and anyone who entered in 2026 has just been unlucky.

It's a bit peculiar how they only seem to be offering very short term contracts to cover summer leave - an eight week TCO contract is next to useless. One would hope this year has just been an aberration (for whatever reason) and they will return to doing things as normal with the 2027 competition.