Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external service delivery since March 2011. [55438/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The focus of my Department is to ensure that Government policy is progressed across the whole of Government and it has one key programme which is to support me as Taoiseach and the Government. As no new services have been introduced by my Department since March 2011, the question of testing for external service delivery has not arisen.

My Department makes extensive use of shared services in the areas of payroll, finance, IT, library and security services as well as participating in civil service wide initiatives such as the HR Shared Services project. My Department will also work with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on any relevant external delivery service initiatives as part of the overall public service reform programme.