Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013
1094. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of sectoral plans for shared services and external service delivery developed by his Department and the Health Service Executive in 2012; the numbers developed in 2013 to date; the numbers planned for development in total; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34935/13]
View answerThe Health Sector Shared Services Delivery Plan was approved in October 2012 and the Health Sector External Service Delivery Plan was approved in July this year.
Both plans aim to optimise service delivery in the health system and implementation of the recommendations in them will enable greater efficiency and better cost effectiveness to deal with future challenges.
I do not have specific details of the number of projects developed to date or in planning. However, this Department must report on progress annually to the Department of Expenditure and Reform's Reform and Delivery Office and this report will be made available to the Deputy when produced.
