Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In June 2006 the Government approved 92 formal Value for Money and Policy Reviews to be carried out for the period 2006-2008. This programme of reviews focuses on significant areas of expenditure and major policy issues. To date 43 reviews have been completed. 27 within the current round are overdue for completion. As of end-June 2008, eight reviews had yet to commence and one is not proceeding with the agreement of the Value for Money and Policy Review Central Steering Committee. The table below sets out the position as reported for the end quarter monitoring exercise carried out by my Department at end-June 2008, which has been updated to show reviews completed in the interim. Details of reviews by the Department including those completed and the original scheduled completion dates of remaining reviews are set out in the table.
Responsibility for carrying out each of the reviews, publishing them and submitting them to the Houses of the Oireachtas and the relevant Dáil Select Committees rests with the individual Departments and Offices and details in respect of any individual review should be sought from the relevant Minister. In respect of the reviews under my own Department and the Offices for which I have responsibility the following is the position:
| Department of Finance reviews under the 2006-2008 round |
| Review | Status |
| Economic and Social Research Institute | Completed July 2006 |
| Information Society Fund | Completed August 2006 |
| Ordnance Survey Ireland | Completed April 2007 |
| Civil Service Childcare Initiative | Expected completion date October 2008 |
| Construction Procurement Reform Initiative | Expected Completion date end 2008 |
| Procurement Management within the Department | Scheduled for completion by end 2008 |
| Office of the Revenue Commissioners reviews under the 2006-2008 round |
| Review | Status |
| Revenue's Data Capture Outsourcing Programme | Completed October 2006 |
| Information Technology Consultancy Expenditure | Completed March 2008 |
| Office of Public Works reviews under the 2006-2008 round |
| Review | Status |
| Provision of Flood Relief Schemes | Expected completion date by end 2008 |
| Property Management | Scheduled for completion end 2008 |
| Department or Office | Number | Title of review | Original Scheduled completion date |
| Agriculture, Fisheries & Food | 1 | Installation Aid | End-September 2006 |
| 2 | Farm Waste Management | Completed |
| 3 | Laboratory Facilities (plant health, crops, Research & Development grants) | Completed |
| 4 | Aquaculture programme | Completed |
| 5 | Dairy Hygiene | Completed |
| 6 | FIRM (Food Research & Development Grants) | Completed |
| 7 | Bovine TB Scheme | End-December 2007 |
| 8 | Meat Hygiene – Temporary Veterinary Inspectors | End-December 2007 |
| 9 | Cattle Movement Monitoring Systems/Animal Identification | End-December 2008 |
| 10 | Fallen Animals Scheme | End-December 2008 |
| 11 | Forestry NDP Capital Scheme | End-December 2008 |
| 12 | Marketing and Processing Scheme | End-December 2008 |
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| 13 | BIM (non-decommissioning/ | End-December 2008 (not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
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| Arts, Sport & Tourism | 14 | Swimming pools programme | End-September 2006 |
| 15 | Irish Sports Council | End-September 2006 |
| 16 | Irish Film Board | End-September 2006 |
| 17 | Arts & Cultural Capital Enhancement Scheme (ACCESS) | End-December 2006 |
| 18 | Review of the Arts Council | End-December 2007 (not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
| 19 | The Horse & Greyhound Fund | End-December 2008 (not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
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| Communications, Energy & Natural Resources | 20 | Energy (Conservation and Alternative) | Completed |
| 21 | Broadband Infrastructure (MANs) | Completed |
| 22 | The Group Broadband Scheme | Completed |
| Department or Office | Number | Title of review | Original Scheduled completion date |
| Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs | 23 | Scéimeanna Feabhsúcháin sa Gaeltacht | Completed |
| 24 | Capital expenditure on the off-shore islands, 2000-2004 | Completed |
| 25 | Ciste na Gaeilge | End-September 2006 |
| 26 | Drugs Initiative | Completed |
| 27 | Local Development Social Inclusion Programmes | End-December 2007 |
| 28 | Area Based Rural Development Initiative and LEADER + — Not proceeding with agreement of CSC (Replaced by)Review of CLÁR & RAPID leveraged Funding Schemes | End-December 2008 |
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| Defence | 29 | Maintenance of Aircraft | Completed |
| 30 | Defence Forces clothing programme | Completed |
| 31 | Review of Naval Service Vessel Maintenance (originally 2008 review, move agreed by CSC) | End-December 2007 |
| 32 | Review of Usage of Military Training Land (originally 2007 review, move agreed by CSC) | End-December 2008 |
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| Education & Science | 33 | Supply Panel for Primary Teaching | Completed |
| 34 | Youth Encounter Projects | Completed |
| 35 | 1st & 2nd Level Building Programmes: Topic 2 (Devolved initiatives) | Completed |
| 36 | Schools Information Communication Technology programmes | End-September 2006 |
| 37 | Information Communication Technology undergraduate skills programmes | Completed |
| 38 | Teacher Education & Development | Completed |
| 39 | Youthreach/Traveller Education | Completed |
| 40 | Insurance arrangements for schools | End-December 2007 |
| 41 | Summer Works Scheme (Primary and Post-Primary School Buildings) (originally 2008 review, move agreed by CSC) | End-December 2007 |
| 42 | Special Needs Assistants | End-December 2008 |
| 43 | Grants to 1st and 2nd Level Schools | End-December 2008 (not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
| 44 | Expenditure on the education of persons who do not have English or Irish as a first language. (originally 2007 review, move agreed by CSC) | End-December 2008(not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
| Department or Office | Number | Title of review | Original Scheduled completion date |
| Enterprise, Trade & Employment | 45 | Science and Technology Spending | Completed |
| 46 | Science Foundation Ireland | Completed |
| 47 | Fás Competency Development Programme | End-December 2007 |
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| Environment Heritage & Local Government | 48 | Preliminary Review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme | End-December 2006 |
| 49 | Rural Water Programme | Completed |
| 50 | Ex-post review of the ERDF element of the Water Services Infrastructure Provision of the Economic and Social Infrastructure OP. | End-December 2008 (not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
| 51 | Rental Accommodation Scheme — follow-up on preliminary review | End-December 2008 (not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
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| Finance | 52 | Information Society | Completed |
| 53 | Economic and Social Research Institute | Completed |
| 54 | Ordinance Survey Ireland | Completed |
| 55 | Civil Service Childcare Initiative | End-December 2007 |
| 56 | Construction Procurement Reform Initiative | End-December 2007 |
| 57 | Departmental Procurement | End-December 2008 |
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| Foreign Affairs | 58 | Support for Irish Immigrant Groups | Completed |
| 59 | Evaluation of Development Cooperation Ireland's Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for a selected disaster (Tsunami) | Completed |
| 60 | Automated Passport Project | End-December 2007 |
| 61 | Development Aid to Mozambique | Completed |
| 62 | The HIV/Aids budget line | End-December 2008 |
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| Health & Children | 63 | Allocation and utilisation of funds for Acute Hospitals | End-December 2007 |
| 64 | Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme | Completed |
| 65 | Mental Health Services — Review of efficiency and effectiveness of Long Stay Residential Care for Adults | End-December 2008 |
| Department or Office | Number | Title of review | Original Scheduled completion date |
| Justice, Equality & Law Reform | 66 | Maintenance of Garda premises | End-September 2006 |
| 67 | Asylum/immigration | Completed |
| 68 | Prisons capital projects | Completed |
| 69 | Staff training and development in the Courts Service | End-September 2006 |
| 70 | Probation & Welfare service – Assistance to Voluntary Bodies | Completed |
| 71 | IT infrastructure & systems in the Courts Service | End-December 2008 |
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| Office of Public Works | 72 | Provision of Flood Relief Schemes | End-December 2007 |
| 73 | Property Management | End-December 2008 |
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| Houses of the Oireachtas | 74 | Parliamentary Information Programme Phase II | Not proceeding with the agreement of the CSC |
| 75 | Provision of a Service Level Agreement for Information Communication Technology services to members | Completed |
| 76 | Printing of a publication programme for the Oireachtas | End-December 2007 |
| 77 | Debates Office | End-December 2008(not commenced as of 30/6/08) |
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| Revenue | 78 | Use of outsourced service providers to support returns processing | Completed |
| 79 | Information Technology Consultancy Expenditure | Completed |
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| Social & Family Affairs | 80 | Supplementary Welfare Allowance phase 2 | Completed |
| 81 | Unemployment Benefit/Assistance for atypical workers | Completed |
| 82 | Review of One-Parent Family Payments | Completed |
| 83 | Review of Social Welfare Payments to Carers | Completed |
| 84 | Review of the Medical Review and Assessment Service | Completed |
| 85 | Review of the Disability Allowance Scheme | End-December 2007 |
| 86 | Review of information services provided to customers | End-December 2008 |
| Taoiseach | 87 | National Economic & Social Council/National Economic & Social Forum/National Economic & Social Development Office | End-September 2006 |
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| Transport | 88 | Motor Tax On line Initiative | Completed |
| 89 | CIE Subvention | Completed |
| 90 | Capital spend by Dublin Transport Office | Completed |
| 91 | Non National Roads | End-December 2007 |
| 92 | Rail safety | End-December 2008 |
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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