Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the performance management systems implemented in her Department as specified in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47968/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The Public Service Agreement 2010 - 2014 contains a commitment " to introduce significantly improved performance management across all Public Service areas and following the current review, the Performance Management and Development System will be strengthened with promotion and incremental progression linked in all cases to performance and the implementation of appropriate systems to address under-performance, including, where appropriate, training or, where necessary, through disciplinary procedures"

In the Civil Service work is well underway on achieving this goal. The 2010 Evaluation of PMDS has been completed. Negotiations with the Unions have commenced in relation to how the PMDS can be strengthened. The Organisational Review Programme review of my Department published last September sets out an action plan for operating PMDS to improve and maintain performance levels as well as deal with underperformance within the Department. This action plan overlaps significantly with the performance management measures required for the implementation of the Public Service Agreement (2010 - 2014).