Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Deputy McDonald has made a great deal more progress than I in grasping the changes contemplated here. I can understand the operation of performance indicators and outputs in the area of flood risk management. If I am sitting in my living room watching Barcelona and the water comes up over the television, it is not a great output. How, in the area of the estates portfolio, can the OPW apply indicators and measure outputs? We are talking not just about the OPW doing its business efficiently, which is desirable, but about accountability to committees of the Houses and enabling committee members to assess progress and implementation of plans and targets more professionally. I am not sure I understand how it can be done for the more nebulous - I do not intend any derogatory sense - functions. How does one apply those performance indicators?