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Departmental Priorities.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 October 2004

Thursday, 28 October 2004

Questions (293)

Richard Bruton

Question:

293 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the five measurable performance indicators which she regards as target of greatest priority within her Department; the way in which this measure has changed in each year since 1997; her views on whether confining priorities to five indicators gives too partial a picture of Departmental priorities; and if she will indicate the movement over the period 1997 to 2004 of other primary indicators of performance. [26715/04]

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My Department's statement of strategy, its fourth, was published in June 2003 and contained 205 performance indicators relating to 75 strategies being followed in pursuit of six high-level goals. Without prejudice to any single priority or set of priorities, satisfactory performance is evident across a range of areas both from a national and international perspective and this is recorded in the Department's annual report on the statement of strategy.

My Department continues to implement the commitments contained in An Agreed Programme for Government as well as those contained in the national partnership agreement, Sustaining Progress. Future priorities within the Department will be addressed in the context of these and also in a new statement of strategy currently being prepared for the calendar years 2005-07. An ongoing examination of the appropriate use of high level performance indicators, in tandem with performance measures at other levels, will be reflected in that document.

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