Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 March 2014
433. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if a unit of the economic and evaluation service has been set up in his Department; and if so the number of trained economists and other staff working in the unit; the current work programme of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10607/14]
View answerThe establishment of an Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) is a central Government initiative to enhance the capacity of the Civil Service to undertake evaluations of public expenditure, to provide economic analysis, and to improve the analytical resources available in the design and formulation of policy. It is led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. No Economic and Evaluation Unit has yet been established in my Department.
