Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

One of the things that has come across this committee's desk previously - and it came up at the health committee too - is that often the performance indicators are written by the people or the Department who are running the programme. This might not always be the best reflection of outcomes. Sometimes the authors write a performance indicator because they are looking for an answer that they can actually achieve, not necessarily the right outcome. Is third-party reporting, or some kind of independence in that process, something the Department has considered?