James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken to date to implement the recommendations of the taskforce on the public service. [6284/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The report of the Task Force on the Public Service, Transforming Public Services, sets out a three year framework for what amounts to a radical transformation of the Public Service. It recommends specific actions over set timescales which the Government has agreed to implement. The Government will publish the first Annual Report on the State of the Public Service at the end of the year.

The implementation of this transformation agenda will be driven by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance. The Government has established a Cabinet Committee chaired by the Taoiseach and comprising of the Ministers for Finance, Health & Children, Education & Science, Justice, Equality & Law Reform and the Environment, Heritage & Local Government to oversee the transformation effort. A Steering Group comprising of the relevant Secretaries General will support the work of the Cabinet Committee. The Cabinet Committee held its first meeting on 5 February 2009 while the Steering Group has met twice. Further meetings of both groups will take place shortly. A Programme Office, based in the Department of the Taoiseach, is being established to support the work of the Cabinet Committee and Steering Group.