Minister Donohoe welcomes positive findings of Public Sector Trends 2016 report
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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Ireland tops the poll for most professional and least politicised public service in EU
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (05 December 2016) welcomed the publication of the Institute of Public Administration’s (IPA) report on Public Sector Trends 2016.
The report, which has been published annually since 2010, is part of the IPA’s State of the Public Service series of research papers. It examines trends in public sector development, aggregating data from a number of sources – such as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the OECD – and compares Ireland’s performance against other European countries.
Welcoming the report, Minister Donohoe said:
“I am pleased to see that there are many positive messages in this assessment of how Ireland’s public services perform across a range of indicators. I am particularly pleased with the finding that Ireland comes first in the EU28 as having the most professional and least politicised public administration.
"The report reflects well on the programme of Public Service Reform which has been underway since 2011. With a new Public Service Reform Plan now being developed, it is timely to reflect on these findings to ensure we maintain a focus on further improvement of our public services to continue delivering for the Irish people.”
The report found that for quality and efficiency of public administration, Ireland continues to perform very well in terms of how it is perceived by business users for instance:
Looking at public trust and confidence in public administration, this is an area where Ireland had been performing poorly in comparison with the rest of Europe since the onset of the economic crisis however:
Information report can be found on the Institute of Public Administration’s website.
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The report assesses performance across the following areas: