Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 790: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements; the terms of reference of each such group; the membership of each such group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38940/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has not established any specific review or working groups to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements. However the Department's internal Partnership Committee has a role in the implementation, in the organisation, of the Civil Service modernisation agenda which forms part of the social partnership agreements including Towards 2016.

This Committee also formed Sub-Groups to progress specific aspects of this agenda, including in the areas of human resources, communications and information technology. The Partnership Committee and its Sub-Groups comprise representatives of management, unions and staff, with membership changing over time to reflect changes in staffing and volunteerism.