Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting systems within his Department and agencies; the costs incurred to date; the expected total costs; the deadlines that have been imposed for such reviews; if he will make the reports findings public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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In his Financial Statement to the Dáil in December 2007, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance announced that the Government had agreed to an efficiency review of administrative expenditure across the public service. As part of this review, my Department is currently examining its administrative expenditure and that of the non-commercial and regulatory state bodies under its aegis with a view to identifying areas where savings can be made. My Department is required to provide the Department of Finance with specific proposals to achieve administrative savings by 1 March this year. These proposals will then be reviewed by the Department of Finance, which will report to the Government on them. It is also envisaged that the Secretary General of each Department will advise the relevant Oireachtas committee of the savings agreed by the Government, and may be examined by the committee on these.

The question of publishing the outcome of this efficiency review will be considered by the Government in due course.