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Written question asked by Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party) on Monday, 23 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 January 2006. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Monday, 30 January 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Strabane Fire Station

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many part-time fire-fighters in Strabane Fire Station applied to become full-time fire-fighters in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications were successful.
Answer

In the last five years there have been three full-time recruitment exercises carried out within the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service. The number of retained (i.e. part-time) fire-fighters from the Strabane Fire Station who applied for full-time fire-fighter posts was as follows:

Date of recruitment exercise Applied
January 2001 3
September 2003 7
November 2005 5

In order to comply with current equality legislation, applicants from the Retained Service are required to undergo exactly the same selection process for posts within the full-time fire-fighting service as all other candidates. None of these applicants was successful in that process.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45874; 442 c137W;442 c137W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Fire and rescue services Northern Ireland Staff Part-time employment Strabane
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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