Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2011
217 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of agencies, authorities and other bodies coming within his Department’s remit that operate independent payroll systems; and the reason such a function could not be provided by his Department. [6804/11]
View answerOf the 9 associated arts/culture bodies of the Department in its current form, 5 operate their own payroll systems, 2 have outsourced the function to the Financial Shared Services Division of the Department of Justice and Equality, and 2 have outsourced the function to private sector third parties. In accordance with its Action Plan developed pursuant to the Croke Park Agreement, my Department will consider extending the shared services model to the agencies under its remit, subject to appropriate cost-benefit analysis. In this regard, my Department's payroll system is currently outsourced to the Financial Shared Services Division of the Department of Justice and Equality.
