Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40867/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, benchmarking is carried out by an independent Benchmarking Body whose function it is to review and compare work practices, jobs and pay rates across the economy. The last review carried out by the Public Service Benchmarking Body was in 2007, and it examined the work, pay, benefits and conditions of employment of employees in the public service and the private sector. The findings of that review can be accessed at the Department of Finance website www.finance.gov.ie.

In relation to my Department's modernisation programme and the actions carried out by my Department under its Towards 2016 Action Plan and the benefits accruing to the general public, I refer the Deputy to the Civil Service Performance Verification Group website www.cspvg.gov.ie, where details of my Department's progress in implementing its modernisation programme and the benefits accruing to the general public can be accessed.

Question No. 384 answered with Question No. 120.