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IMEACHTA AN CHOISTE.PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.Déardaoin, 5adh Mí Nodlag, 1929.Thursday, 5th December, 1929.1. The Committee met at 11 a.m. 2. Present: Deputy O. G. Esmonde (in the Chair), Deputies S. Brady, E. Doherty, T. Hennessy, M. Jordan, J. S. Myles, D. G. O’Mahony and F. C. Ward. 3. Motion made (Deputy Brady): “That the Committee recommends that the functions assigned to the Commissioners under the Act be fulfilled by the Commissioners appointed under the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924 (No. 5 of 1924).” Question put, and agreed to. Motion made (Deputy Ward): “That in the event of the foregoing Recommendation not being accepted, the Committee recommends that only a person in the Civil Service of Saorstát Eireann shall be eligible for appointment as a Commissioner under the Act.” Question put, and agreed to. Motion made (Deputy Hennessy): “That the Committee recommends that sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act be repealed and that promotions as well as new appointments be brought within the control of the Local Appointments Commission.” Question put, and agreed to—Deputies Brady and Ward dissenting. Motion made (Deputy Brady): “That the Committee recommends that a local authority shall be empowered to request the Commissioners either to recommend one person for appointment to such office or to select in accordance with the Act and to recommend a panel of persons qualified for such appointment.” Question put, and negatived. Motion made (Deputy Brady): “That the Committee recommends that Section 7 be amended to provide that the Commissioners, in addition to any qualification which they with the consent of the Minister may prescribe, shall prescribe as an essential qualification for any office to which an appointment is to be made after the 1st January, 1933, a competent knowledge of the Irish language.” Question put, and negatived—Deputies Brady and Ward dissenting. Motion made (Deputy Brady): “That the Committee recommends that Section 7 be amended to provide that regulations prescribing the qualifications for all offices comprised in any particular description, class or grade of offices to which this Act applies shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after such regulations have been made.” Question put, and agreed to. Motion made (Deputy Hennessy): “That the Committee recommends that Sections 8 and 9 of the Act should be amended so as to provide for competitive examinations for all appointments to the public service provided that for appointments requiring professional or technical qualifications the type of examination should be such as to permit a practical test to be made of the capacity of the candidates; the results of which examination to be coupled with consideration of the experience and postgraduate diplomas or similar distinctions of the candidates and of such further qualifications in relation to the office in question as may have been prescribed under Section 7.” Question put, and agreed to. Motion made (Deputy Hennessy): “That the Committee recommends that Section 9 of the Act be amended to provide that rosters of candidates qualified for professional or technical appointments should be framed twice a year containing a number of names equal to supplying the estimated vacancies for the ensuing half-year.” Amendment proposed (Deputy Jordan): “To delete the words ‘twice’ and ‘half-year’ and substitute therefor the words ‘four times’ and ‘three months,’ respectively.” Question put, and agreed to. Amendment proposed (Deputy Ward): “To add at the end of the motion the words ‘and that any candidate shall be entitled, on application to the Commissioners, to be informed of his place in the order of merit.’” Question put, and agreed to. Main question, as amended, put and agreed to. Motion made (Deputy Hennessy): “That the Committee recommends that every Selection Board to be set up by the Commissioners for the selection of candidates with a view to any recommendation for appointment under the Act should be constituted after consultation with the heads of the section of the Department of State concerned.” Question put, and agreed to. Motion made (Deputy Hennessy): “That the Committee recommends that if in any case the Commissioners do not recommend for appointment the candidate placed first in order of merit by the Selection Board the Commissioners shall inform the Selection Board as to the reasons for not recommending such candidate for appointment.” Question put, and agreed to. 4. The Committee adjourned at 1.25 p.m. to a date after the Recess to be fixed by the Chairman. |
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