Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 April 2022
194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied that the level of reform interposed with public expenditure is sufficient to continue to meet the targets as laid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/22]
View answerI thank the Deputy for his question.
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s mission as laid out in the Statement of Strategy 2021- 2023 is to serve the public interest through sound governance of public expenditure and by leading and enabling reform across the Civil and Public Service.
To date a number of strategies have been published to carry out the Department’s mission, and at present the next phase of public service reform (to succeed Our Public Service 2020) is being prepared by officials. It will incorporate priorities that were articulated in the Public Service Innovation Strategy, Making Innovation Real in addition to aligning with the ambitions set out in the programme of renewal for the Civil Service (Civil Service Renewal 2030) and its recently published three year Action Plan (Civil Service Renewal 2024).
Additionally, in March 2022, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in my Department published a new Public Service Digital Strategy Connecting Government 2030: A Digital and ICT Strategy for Ireland’s Public Service, which articulates my Department’s ambitions for digital reform by further embedding digitisation and the increased delivery of digital services to the public.
