Minister McGrath announces 17 projects to be supported under the Public Service Innovation Fund 2022
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, has today (Tuesday) announced the 17 winning projects which have been awarded a total of €725,000 from the Public Service Innovation Fund 2022 competition.
The Public Service Innovation Fund 2022 received 83 applications from public service bodies throughout Ireland and across three different categories - digital transformation, citizen support innovation, and green and sustainable initiatives.
Among the new proposed public sector projects awarded funding are:
Announcing the results, Minister McGrath said:
“The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is committed to improving the delivery of vital services to the public. The initiatives proposed in this year’s Public Service Innovation Fund pave the way for new and better ways of working, which will benefit both the organisations and the citizens we serve.
“I expect that these projects will showcase how reforms can both generate value for the exchequer whilst tackling everyday challenges faced by public service organisations. I am confident that the ingenuity, inventiveness and resilience shown by our public servants throughout the COVID-19 pandemic will continue into the future. I want to congratulate the project teams who engaged with my department throughout this competition. Our public service needs to continuously challenge itself in order to develop and continuously modernise. The government’s Making Innovation Real strategy outlines how public service innovations that we deliver can positively shape the lives of our citizens.”
The 17 successful applicants awarded investment under the Public Service Innovation Fund 2022 are as follows.
The Public Service Innovation Fund 2022 is developed and delivered by the Public Service Reform unit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The unit is responsible for implementing and managing Our Public Service (OPS), the framework that supports continuous development and innovation across the public service.
Successful submissions to the Public Service Innovation Fund 2022 will receive between €25,000 and €60,000 each. Since its introduction in 2019, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Public Service Innovation Fund has approved 88 applications and provided approximately €3 million in grants.
Recent projects supported under the Public Service Innovation Fund include:
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