Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress report on the seven organisations currently being reviewed under the Organisational Review Programme. [39883/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Third Report of the Organisational Review Programme (ORP) was published on 26th January 2012. That report contains the findings of reviews of four Departments as well as comprehensive follow-up action plans prepared by each of these organisations and by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. A Progress Report on Implementation , covering the seven organisations reviewed in the first and second rounds of the ORP, was also published on 26th January 2012. A table outlining the organisations reviewed in the course of the three rounds is below. Each of the eleven organisations will progress implementation of their own action plans within the context of their ongoing reform programmes.

The Organisational Review Programme has been paused for 18 months with effect from 26th January in order to allow resources to be prioritized on key elements of the Public Service Reform Plan.