Press release
Publication of Annual Progress Report on Public Service Reform
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, has published the second Annual Progress Report on the Public Service Reform Plan 2014-16
Building on progress on implementing the government’s first Public Service Reform Plan (2011-13), the second Public Service Reform Plan published in January 2014, covers the period to the end of 2016.
It contains more than 230 actions, with the overarching objective of achieving better outcomes for citizens, businesses and public servants themselves. The plan emphasises improved service delivery, alongside an ongoing focus on efficiency.
The annual progress report published provides an overview of the progress made in the last year on the cross-cutting areas set out in the reform plan. It also provides a range of examples of progress and good practice on reform from across the public service.
Minister Howlin said:
“I am very pleased with this progress which builds on our achievements on public service reform since 2011 and which further embeds reform as a key role for all of those involved in designing and delivering public services.
“We have seen strong progress at a central, cross-cutting level and also in the complementary reform programmes under way at organisational and sectoral levels across the public service, which have been led by the relevant ministers and their departments.
“Ireland has a long and proud tradition of service to the public and the state and looking to the future, I believe that ongoing reform should be central to meeting increasing customer expectations and demographic challenges.”
The minister also thanked all public servants for the role that they have played in delivering this significant programme of reform.