Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 November 2011
536 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under her aegis is progressing; if she will list each project by Department in tabular form; the amount to be saved by each project; the number that have been completed since the agreement came into force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34152/11]
View answerThe National Education and Welfare Board is progressing a number of projects under the Croke Park agreement in the following areas: Service Integration, Employee Control Framework, Employee Relations, Resource Availability, Performance Management, Training and Development, Integration of Services, Shared Services and Procurement, and Business Process.
The Family Support Agency is also progressing a number of projects under the Croke Park agreement in the following areas: Reductions in numbers, Redeployment, Procurement and Efficiency measures and improvements to process by which service delivered to public.
The resulting savings will not become readily apparent until the developments are embedded for a period of time.
