Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken by his Department to support the implementation of the national remote work strategy Making Remote Work; the approximate number or percentage of staff within his Department who have access to cloud services for remote videoconferencing and the capacity to work remotely; his plans to increase this percentage; the framework under which procurement for this is managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45362/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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A central policy framework for Blended Working in the Civil Service will be finalised in conjunction with employee representatives over the coming months. This framework will inform my Department's blended working policy, that will be tailored to the specific requirements of my Department. My Department operates a ‘single device policy’. Each member of our staff is provided with a laptop computer to facilitate remote and office working utilising the IT services/shared networks provided by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO).

Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken by agencies under the remit of his Department to support the implementation of the national remote work strategy Making Remote Work; the approximate number or percentage of staff within these agencies who have access to cloud services for remote videoconferencing and the capacity to work remotely; if there are plans to increase this percentage; the framework under which procurement for this is managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45379/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked the relevant agencies to respond to you directly on this matter.