Ruairí Quinn
Question:65 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the Cromien Report. [2761/02]
Vol. 547 No. 2
65 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the Cromien Report. [2761/02]
At my request, following receipt of the Cromien Report, my Department has embarked on a major programme of structural reform which has the following five core elements to it. These include a focused movement of certain functions from the Department; specifically examinations, delivery of special education and transfer of the Department's current role in relation to the institutes of technology to the Higher Education Authority; the establishment of a regional office structure; regulatory reform and appellate processes to underpin key allocation functions; implementation of a wide range of efficiency measures designed to bring the Department's procedures and processes more into line with modern administrative practice and, arising from the above, a greater focus on core functions, with particular emphasis on policy and planning.