Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend Departmental output statements to include all agencies under the aegis of his Department as recommended by the OECD report, Towards An Integrated Public Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23539/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Annual Output Statements were introduced in 2007 as a means of setting out clearly for the Oireachtas the outputs expected to be achieved with the resources available within each Minister's Group of Votes. The 2008 round of Annual Output Statements include performance information on what has actually been achieved with respect to the outputs set out in 2007.

As a Ministerial-level document, the Annual Output Statement format already embraces the expenditure, activities and outputs of the agencies funded from within the Minister's area of responsibility, including from the Vote of the relevant Department. My Department will continue the ongoing process of refining and developing the Annual Output Statement approach over the period ahead. With regard to the specific recommendations of the recent OECD Review of the Irish Public Service, the Deputy may be aware that on 20th May last, the Taoiseach announced the establishment of a Task Force to develop a new Action Plan for the Public Service of the 21st Century, taking account of the analysis and conclusions of the OECD Report.