Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 532: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the performance management and development system has been implemented and developed in his Department; if he will provide a chronology of this development since its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1575/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Management and unions agreed to the introduction of the performance management and development system, PMDS, in the Civil Service in General Council Report 1368 May 2000. All staff covered by the scheme have received training and the system has been functioning in my Department since its introduction. PMDS also forms an important part of the annual business planning process in my Department. Upward feedback — General Council Report 1398 — was introduced in 2004.

In July 2004, the PMDS sub-committee of the General Council commenced negotiations to agree changes to the PMDS in light of the commitments in Sustaining Progress and the findings and recommendations of the Mercer evaluation of PMDS. The outcome of these negotiations was an integrated model outlined in General Council Report 1452, which was agreed and adopted 1 June 2005. The model, which integrates human resources policies and the PMDS process, will be used for training and familiarisation purposes from 1 January 2006 and will have full effect from 1 January 2007. Currently, management and staff, through the Departmental partnership committee, are in the process of agreeing the revision of various forms and a timetable for notification of the agreed changes to all staff and their supervisors.