Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15453/16]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15485/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 367 together.

The number of staff working in the Human Resources section of my Department is 20.8. The HR staffing number is reflective of my Department's mission to, inter alia, deliver the Government's Public Service Reform Plan.  The introduction of PeoplePoint in 2013 was accompanied by the establishment of the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) in 2014 on an administrative basis within my Department and the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) which commenced operating as an office of my Department in early 2014.

The establishment of the NSSO and the OGP are key elements of the Government's Public Service Reform Programme, aimed at delivering maximum benefit in the use of public funds. The Human Resources Section is delivering a range of HR supports across  the various disciplines of organisation development, workforce planning, employee relations, performance management and learning and development to these functional offices as well as the other functional areas of my Department which now operates across 9 geographic centres across the country.