AQO 554/22-27 Oral question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to give an update on the appointment of a Permanent Secretary to the Executive Office.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 30 May 2024
- Answered
- Oral
- Answered in the Chamber
- Tabled
- 30 May 2024
- Answer due by
- 10 June 2024
- Answered
- 10 June 202411 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Answered in the Assembly Chamber on 10 June 2024. Extract from the Official Report (Hansard), including any supplementary questions:
Mrs Little-Pengelly
The head of the Civil Service launched an external recruitment exercise to fill vacancies in two permanent secretary roles in December 2023. The competition produced two successful candidates. One of the successful candidates, Mr Ian Snowden, was appointed to the Department for the Economy post on 28 March 2024.
The Executive Office post remains vacant, however. The next step is that the TEO permanent secretary role will be filled on an interim basis through an internal temporary promotion opportunity.
Mr Speaker
We now move to topical questions.