Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 May 2004
158 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action taken by his Department on each recommendation of the PA consultancy report on the implementation of the strategic management initiative. [15027/04]
View answerSignificant progress has been made by my Department in relation to the implementation of the strategic management initiative in the Department in the context of rolling out the Civil Service modernisation programme. The recommendations of the PA consultancy report have, where relevant, been taken on board in this regard.
In line with the requirements of Sustaining Progress, my Department prepared an action plan for the rollout of the modernisation programme, which was submitted to the Civil Service Performance Verification Group, CSPVG, in July 2003. A first report setting out progress under the plan was submitted in October 2003 on the basis of which payment of the first round of benchmarking due from 1 January 2004 was approved. The action plan and this report are published on the website of the Department of Finance to which I wish to refer the Deputy.
A further progress report was submitted to the CSPVG in April 2004 and this too will shortly be published on the website of the Department of Finance.
