Results 321-340 of 20,508 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has implemented to strengthen corporate governance legislation and enforcement as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17390/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Legislative Reform Unit will conclude its work in fast tracking the Whistleblowers' Act and restoration of Freedom of Information and in turn when may Dáil Éireann expect legislation on both to be completed. [17392/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanisms he has put in place to improve performance and deal with persistent under performance in the public sector as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17377/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the external standards and benchmarks he has put in place to improve performance and deal with persistent under performance in the public sector as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17378/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide tangible examples of the way he has devolved more power to public servants as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17379/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of experts in change management he has brought into the public service from outside as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17380/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken to provide key information on the performance of key services to citizens as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17381/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has put in place to deliver a more strategic centre at the heart of Government to confront and break up damaging concentrations of power as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17384/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has put in place to ensure there will be no more golden handshakes for public servants that have failed to deliver as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17391/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has introduced a reformed incentive scheme for all grades within core Government Departments to reward cross departmental teams that deliver audited improvements in service delivery and cost effectiveness; and if he will outline the incentive scheme and the Departments that are considered core. [17394/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has implemented to rationalise core processes that are duplicated across the public service and the processes he considers core. [17395/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria he will apply to deem the opening up the delivery of public services to a range of providers as committed to in the Programme for Government; and the public services to which he refers. [17400/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance when the new freedoms to be given to schools, hospitals and other public bodies as committed to in the Programme for Government will be implemented; and the nature of these freedoms. [17401/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if work has begun on the reconfiguration project of Government service websites, public offices, telephone services and helplines to facilitate access to a broad range of Government services through a single point of contact; the Government Department that is overseeing the work; and if he will provide a full list of Departments and service that...

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the new performance and development system scheme for civil service staff operates as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17403/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the staff recognition schemes operate as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17404/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the barriers he has removed to increase mobility across the public service as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17405/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has created a new tier of senior public service management structures rotating senior officials across the public sector as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if so, the number of senior public servants that populate the new tier. [17406/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the date by which the review of the grading structure of the civil and public service will be completed as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17407/11]

Written Answers — Public Expenditure: Public Expenditure (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria by which a Department will decide that an agency board is to be abolished. [17389/11]