Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the Civil Service Arbitration Board's report; if he will accept its findings; and if he will link disciplinary actions with performance reviews. [15673/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The report of the Civil Service Arbitration Board on the introduction of an Underperformance Policy for the Civil Service was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on Monday 23 May 2016.

The new policy on the management of Underperformance in the Civil Service has been endorsed by the Arbitration Board as compatible with good HR practice.  The Board has recommended that the new policy should be implemented from 1^stJanuary 2017.

The Underperformance Policy proposes a range of measures to address underperformance including the provision of training where necessary.  The purpose of these measures is to ensure that the performance reaches the required standard. However, there will be consequences where there is a failure to reach the required standard of performance and the policy also allows for disciplinary sanctions to be applied in such cases.