A study in how CMO Tony Holohan's Trinity post was put on hold
New Civil Service secondment rules were issued by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform (DPER) last December. These state that secondments are supposed to be temporary, usually for six months, but can be up to a maximum of five years.
Secondees retain the right to return to their substantive post, at the end of the secondment. All secondment adverts are supposed to the sent to DPER for clearing, before being sent to the Public Appointments Service.
Secondees continue to be treated as a staff member of the parent organisation for the purposes of internal competitions, pay and progression.
The rules state: "Secondments provide staff members with opportunities to broaden their skills and continue their professional and personal development while retaining the right to return to their substantive post at the end of the secondment." This day last week, in my column on this website, I revealed that the post at Trinity College, Dublin, to which the Chief Medical Officer was to be appointed, was to be an open-ended secondment, funded by the Department of Health, the taxpayer.
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