Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
241. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed in tabular form. [9689/21]
View answerThe tables below outline the studies, reviews and research being conducted at present by my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, which will be published when complete.
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
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Purpose of review / research / study |
Undertaken by Department or external provider |
Expected completion date |
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Programme for Government commitment to reform and consolidate the ethics in public office legislation |
Internal |
December 2021 |
|
Review of certain aspects of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 |
Internal |
August 2021 |
|
Research on measuring the benefits and impact of Ireland’s Open Data Initiative |
Internal |
December 2022 |
|
Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey |
Internal |
March 2021 |
|
Review of Civil Service Organisational Design and Structures |
External consultant |
September 2021 |
|
Spending Review – A key platform for evidence informed policy making across the Civil Service |
Internal |
July and October 2021 |
|
Upgrading of Budgeting / Financial Management Systems and Processes in Support of Performance-Related Budgeting (incorporating Equality / Gender Budgeting, Green / Climate Budgeting, SDG Budgeting, Wellbeing Budgeting and Programme Evaluation) |
Internal with OECD providing specific aspects |
June 2022 |
|
Report of the Working Group on Financial Reporting Standards (FRS 102) ‘Employee Benefits in the Public Service’ |
Internal |
December 2021 |
|
Macro-economic Context for the National Development Plan |
Internal |
End March 2021 |
|
A Review of the Alignment between the National Development Plan and the National Planning Framework |
Internal with input from other Government Departments |
End March 2021 |
|
Capacity and Demand Analysis for Capital Investment |
Internal |
End March 2021 |
|
Capital Project and Programme Capability Review |
External |
End March 2021 |
|
A Review of Public-Private Partnership Policy for the National Development Plan |
Internal with input from key Stakeholders in the public sector |
March 2021 |
|
Final Phase 1 Report of the National Development Plan |
Internal |
End March 2021 |
|
Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the River Bride (Blackpool, Co Cork) required under the Arterial Drainage Acts (as amended) |
External consultants were contracted to provide the necessary environmental expertise |
Estimated end March 2021 |
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Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the River Slaney (Enniscorthy, Co Wexford) required under the Arterial Drainage Acts (as amended) |
External consultants were contracted to provide the necessary environmental expertise |
To be confirmed |
|
Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the River Deel (Crossmolina, Co Mayo) required under the Arterial Drainage Acts (as amended) |
External consultants have been contracted to provide the necessary environmental expertise |
To be confirmed |
Office of Government Procurement
|
Purpose of review / research / study |
Undertaken by Department or external provider |
Expected completion date |
|
Review of inflation provisions in contracts published under the Capital Works Management Framework |
Internal with external provider reviewing specific aspects |
September 2021 |
|
Review of Professional Indemnity Insurance requirements under the Capital Works Management Framework |
Internal with the assistance of the State Claims Agency |
March 2021 |
|
Consultant Engagement Review under the Capital Works Management Framework |
Internal |
March 2021 |
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Review of the operation of the roles of the Standing Conciliator and Project Board (introduced by the OGP in 2016), relative to dispute resolution procedures in the public works contracts |
Initial research being undertaken by external provider |
December 2021 |
|
Client Satisfaction Survey |
External |
March 2021 |
