Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 9 Mar 1994

Vol. 440 No. 2

Written Answers. - Commissioning of Reports.

Tony Gregory

Question:

59 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance the names of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department since the year 1986; the date on which each was completed; the reports or studies which were published; and the reason those which were not published were withheld.

Minister for Finance (Mr. B. Ahern)

In so far as the Offices (with the exception of the Office of Public Works) which operate under the aegis of my Department are concerned no reports other than those concerned with internal organisation and internal audit reports have been commissioned since 1986. I have set out below the reports which were commissioned.

Name of Study	When completed	Reason for non-publication (where applicable)
Office of Public Works
National Canals and Waterways Strategy Report	1992
Department of Finance
Absenteeism in the Public Service	1986
Government Telecommunications Network Study	1986	Internal Use
Work-experience and the Public Sector	1986
Senior Civil Servants and Information Technology	1987
Interdepartmental Networked Applications Feasibility Study	1987	Internal Use
“Reaction of the adult public to the Prize Bond scheme and associated aspects”	1987	Internal Use
Accountability among Senior Civil Servants	1987
Civil Service Commission Interviewing	1987	Confidentiality
Information on Public Sector Employment and Manpower	1987
Making change work
Changing Role of Departments in relation to State-Sponsored Bodies	1988	Confidentiality
Third General Review of remuneration in the higher public sector	1987
Ministerial Pensions	1988
Decentralisation — The Civil Service Experience	1988
Department of Finance IT Strategic Plan	1988	Internal Use
“Finance Division, Department of Finance Ireland”	1988	Internal Use
Review of the Central Computing Service	1989	Internal Use
Remuneration of Presidents of St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and Principal, Church of Ireland, College of Education	1989	Limited interest in this Report
Remuneration of Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Board	1989	Limited interest in this Report
Managing Public Sector Performance	1989
Making the most of Management Information	1990
Study of the Central Computer Bureau	1990	Internal Use
Two reports on NTMA remuneration
A feasibility study on the establishment of a benchmark for the performance of the NTMA	1990	Internal use
Report on the future of ICC	1990	Confidentiality
Remuneration of Hospital Consultants	1990
Review of the Office of Public Works	1990	Not normal practice to publish consultants' reports on the management and position of Government Departments-Offices
Managing Devolved Budgets — the Civil Service experience	1991
Study on EC Commission paper “One Market, One Money”	1991	Internal Use
Preparation study for the Greater Dublin Area Development Programme	1991
Information memoranda in respect of (a) ICC Bank and (b) ACC Bank for the information of parties potentially interested in acquiring either or both of these banks.	1991-92	Confidentiality
Identification of the Training and Development needs of Executive and Administration Staff in the Department of Health	1992	Confidentiality
Achieving the benefits of Information Technology in the Civil Service	1992
Quality Improvement in the Irish Civil Service	1992
Grading of Secretarial Assistant	1992	Undertaken on foot of agreements with staff interests and not intended for publication. Reports were made available to the unions representing the staff concerned
Implication of 1992 on Customs and Excise staffing and Staff problems
Report on the Minister for Finance's liabilities in respect of former employees of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs	1992	This was not intended for publication
Fourth General Review of remuneration in the higher public sector	1992
The Community Support Framework:
Evaluations and Recommendations	1993
Administrative Budgets in the Irish Civil Service
Making Evaluation Relevant	1993
Evaluation of the current joint INTERREG programme and to make recommendations on the content of a successor programme (this study is still underway)
A series of reports in relation to the restructuring and flotation of Irish Life (these were completed on various dates)		Confidentiality

*The final report was not published, the interm report was taken into account in the preparation of the National Development Plan 1989-1993.

Except where indicated otherwise, all reports/studies were published.