Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2012
358. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external service delivery since March 2011. [55428/12]
View answerThe external delivery of some public services is an element of the Government’s Public Service Reform Plan dated November 2011. All proposed new services across the Public Service will be tested for external service delivery before any approval to provide the service internally will be granted. No new services have been identified or tested for external service delivery since March 2011. However, an evaluation of the potential options to deliver medical services in the Defence Forces through outsourcing is currently ongoing.
