Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on proposals (details supplied). [7380/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Report of the Independent Panel on Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and Performance was published in June 2014 and its recommendations were considered by the then Minister and Government in the context of determining actions for a programme of civil service renewal. The Panel made 10 key recommendations all of which have been included in the Civil Service Renewal Plan, except for the Head of Civil Service structure. The Civil Service Renewal Plan published in October 2014 brings together the outcomes of the work of the Independent Panel and the work of the Civil Service Renewal Task Force which was made up of civil servants from all Government Departments. The Plan was informed by an extensive engagement process involving more than 2,000 staff and stakeholders.

Implementation of the Plan is ongoing and the latest progress report was published in June 2017 and is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  Significant progress has been made on delivering the actions within the plan, in particular the following have been delivered to date:

- A new programme of organisational capability reviews

- A Civil Service wide mobility scheme for Clerical Officers and Executive Officers which will be extended to other grades in due course

- A new People Strategy for the Civil Service

- The establishment of a Civil Service Management Board

- The establishment of the Civil Service Accountability Board

- The strengthened of performance management processes

- New talent management programmes for staff

- Civil Service Employee Engagement Surveys  - 2015 and 2017

- The introduction of a new shared model for Learning and Development, One Learning

- The development of the whodoeswhat.gov.ie website which sets out the Assignment of Responsibilities under the Public Service Management Act 1997