Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Croke Park agreement; if he has received implementation plans for this agreement from his Department and each State agency under his remit; the status of these implementation plans; the discussion he has had with the EU and IMF regarding the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29683/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In January 2011, my Department submitted a revised Action Plan for implementation of the Public Service Agreement in the Education Sector to the Implementation Body established by the Government to drive and monitor the Agreement's implementation. The Implementation Body published its first review of the Agreement in June 2011 which reviewed progress made and savings achieved in the first year of the Agreement.

My Department has received implementation plans and progress reports for the Agreement from the bodies and agencies under its remit, and these have formed the basis for the Education sector Action Plan and progress reports submitted by my Department to the Implementation Body. The second progress report to the Implementation Body, to report on progress made in the last six months, is in the process of being finalised. The Government has indicated that the Public Service Agreement represents a key enabler to meeting its fiscal targets under its obligations under the EU/IMF Joint Programme of Assistance.