Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

The report stated that the Department of Transport makes every effort to ensure compliance with the code of governance by the agencies. The Department's responsibility is to ensure they comply with those codes. The report suggests the Department must adopt a strategic approach to the governance of the agencies, particularly in the context of the large number and variety of agencies under its aegis. It suggests structured meetings with the boards and that the Department should give them a clearer mandate as to what it expects from the agencies. It also suggests the Department should focus more on performance management and monitoring of the outcomes of those agencies and that it should try to improve the data flows from the agencies. The Department has addressed all four points in the initiative I instigated earlier this year to which I referred previously. I intend to implement the recommendations in this regard.

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