Emmet Stagg
Ceist:171 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the evaluations of public spending programmes which his Department has undertaken during the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3902/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 7 February 2007
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Freagraí scríofa
As regards formal evaluations provided for from my Department's vote, my Department has, in the last 12 months, completed and published three reviews under the Value for Money (VFM) and Policy Review Initiative. These were reviews of the Grants-in-Aid to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRI) and the Institute of Public Administration, and of the Information Society Fund. In the last 12 months work has also commenced on VFM reviews of the Grant-in-Aid to Ordnance Survey Ireland, of the civil service child-care initiative and of procurement management reform.
In the preparation of the National Development Plan 2007-2013 my Department commissioned an ex-ante evaluation of the investment priorities for the National Development Plan; this was published by the ESRI in October of 2006. Finally, the National Development Plan/Community Support Framework (NDP/CSF) evaluation unit of my Department has recently completed and published progress reports on NDP/CSF January 2000-December 2006.