Written answers

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Departmental Funding

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered implementing the proposals contained within the Let's Commission for Communities document. [10327/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Public Service Reform Plan (2014-16) commits to a more strategic approach to the allocation of State funding, which is focused on the outcomes of service users being met in return for monies spent. This strategic approach, known as commissioning, seeks to assess and identify the needs of a population, ascertain desired outcomes for that population, pinpoint service priorities and goals, secure service providers that can deliver those priorities and goals and release funding in return for achieving the identified outcomes on foot of evidence-based evaluations.

In relation to the Deputy’s specific query, Let's Commission for Communitieswas one on 65 submissions received as part of a public consultation on commissioning carried out by the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and my own Department in the first quarter of 2016. A summary of all submissions received was recently published on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website and these are now being considered as part of a process to agree a Government-wide approach to commissioning.

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