Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 June 2013
77. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out the value for money reports and the focused policy assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the actions that have been taken to implement such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn September 2008 the Government agreed to undertake a new round of Value for Money and Policy Reviews covering the three year period 2009-2011. The Department of Finance was not scheduled to carry out any reviews during that round. Instead, the evaluative resources within the Department of Finance (via the Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit) were to be focused primarily on contributing to the process through membership of the Steering Committees for individual reviews and through co-authoring on the larger reviews. The Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit transferred to the newly formed Department of Public Expenditure and Reform from July 2011. A review of the Paymaster General Office was proposed for inclusion in the 2012 round of reviews. This review is now encompassed within a general review of Financial Management Reporting and Banking as part of a general shared services initiative.
