642 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the recruitment process for IT officer posts, namely, IS analyst-developer, IS project leader and IS technical support officer within local authorities (details supplied); the reason there is a clause in the criteria which states that an applicant has to be a serving member of a local authority, health board and so on; the further reason IT jobs are not treated like other professions within local authorities; the further reason persons who have worked in a local authority before and possess the necessary qualification and experience relevant to the job cannot be allowed to apply for such positions; the further reason IT positions cannot be made available at grade IV level if external applicants are not eligible to apply for grade V positions or a special panel created for external candidates who have worked within local authorities before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/04]

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642 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the recruitment process for IT officer posts, namely, IS analyst-developer, IS project leader and IS technical support officer within local authorities (details supplied); the reason there is a clause in the criteria which states that an applicant has to be a serving member of a local authority, health board and so on; the further reason IT jobs are not treated like other professions within local authorities; the further reason persons who have worked in a local authority before and possess the necessary qualification and experience relevant to the job cannot be allowed to apply for such positions; the further reason IT positions cannot be made available at grade IV level if external applicants are not eligible to apply for grade V positions or a special panel created for external candidates who have worked within local authorities before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/04]

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