Publication
Civil Service Strategic Resourcing Unit
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From: Civil Service HR
- Published on: 19 January 2026
- Last updated on: 10 March 2026
- Recruitment
- Promotion
- Ministerial Personal Appointments
- Internships and Transition Year
- Irish language
- Other useful links
Recruitment
FAQs – Recruitment in the Irish Civil Service
FAQs - Recruitment in the Irish Civil Service
Template Competition Booklet for Open Competitions
Template Competition Booklet for Open Competitions
Principal Conditions of Service
Health and Character and Certain Restrictions to Eligibility 2025
Sequencing
Current Sequence of Promotion Table
General Council Report 1539 Professional and Technical Sequences
Fixed-Term Employees in the Irish Civil Service
Promotion
Cross stream promotion
Arrangements applying to starting pay
Ministerial Personal Appointments
FAQs - Ministerial Personal Appointments
FAQs - Ministerial Personal Appointments
Guidance Note – Special Advisers
Appendix 1 - Guidelines on Staffing of Ministers Offices
Template Contracts
Template Contract (34th Dáil) - Civilian Driver
Template Contract (34th Dáil) - Special Adviser
Link to SIPO guidelines
Excluding Orders
Internships and Transition Year
Irish language
20-year Strategy: Irish 2010-30
National Plan for Irish Language Public Services