Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 April 2012
129 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Secretary General of his Department has written to all other secretaries general asking them to publish on their website the quarterly purchase orders for goods and services of more than €20,000; the measures of enforcement he intends to pursue to ensure that all Departments publish these figures. [20305/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware there is a commitment in the Public Service Reform Plan that every Purchase Order by a Government Department or Agency for €20,000 or over should be published online by the end of 2012.
My Secretary General wrote to all Secretaries General on March 27th, asking that they put appropriate processes in place to ensure that this ambitious target is met.
The Reform and Delivery Office was established in my Department to oversee and drive the Public Service Reform programme. While reform cannot be micro-managed from the Centre, the Office, through its governance structures, monitors the implementation of the Public Service Reform Plan, as well as organisational and sectoral reforms set out in the Integrated Reform Delivery Plans of Departments and major Offices. As part of this process, the Reform and Delivery Office receives progress updates on a regular basis and reports on this progress to the Cabinet Committee on Public Service Reform, which meets on a quarterly basis. Where it is felt that sufficient progress is not being made in a particular area, action will be taken to assess the situation and to provide impetus and support for implementation, if required.
