Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 October 2004
42 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with numbers of persons from within the State agencies who have indicated a willingness to decentralise with their agencies; and his views on the assessments from some of the agencies of the risk of damage to delivery of services. [24632/04]
View answerI accept that the number of applications to CAF from the Civil Service are much better than those from the State agencies. The Civil Service has considerable previous experience of decentralisation and has a long tradition of interdepartmental transfers.
The decentralisation implementation group asked all organisations participating in the programme to prepare detailed implementation plans, including risk mitigation plans. The plans were prepared and submitted to the group and most included risk mitigation strategies. The DIG recommended in its July report, paragraph 9.3, that in preparing the next version of its implementation plan each organisation should ensure that a risk mitigation strategy is included. I am satisfied that is a realistic approach to risk identification and mitigation.
