Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [34556/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Public Service Management Act 1997 requires each Government Department and Office to publish at regular intervals a Statement of Strategy, setting out its mission, strategic objectives and priority actions for the relevant period. As the current Government was formed on 27 June 2020, a revised Statement of Strategy for all Government Departments must be in place before Christmas of this year and work on this is well advanced in my Department.

My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, TD, recently published Ireland’s inaugural Public Service Innovation Strategy Making Innovation Real, which is intended to guide efforts in fostering and sustain innovation across the whole of the Irish Public Service. Making Innovation Realproposes the development of a permanent culture where staff are continuously empowered and equipped to innovate, hardwiring innovation as the norm and incorporating it into all strategies and business plans.

My department’s full support for the aims of Making Innovation Realwill be reflected in the Department’s upcoming Statement of Strategy and my officials will make use of all guidance and support given by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard.