Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office
9:00 am
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
That is fine. Let me go back to what was stated about the CSO saving money on consultants. I am always delighted when we save money on consultants, bearing in mind that we have the consultants for the national children's hospital beside us here. The CSO saved money and then it went back and carried out an employee engagement survey in 2017. I like to see that. I often think it is possible to find much more money if people on the ground are listened to. I state that given my 17 years at local level. We could have avoided many problems if that had been done. What feedback has come from staff within the CSO and been listened to and heard to improve the organisation's service? What help is given to staff to upskill given the CSO has vacancies? What has been learned in general from that engagement with employees? Please do not tell me what has been done with all departments. I am just interested in the witnesses' department.
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