Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in regard to the preparation of a successor to OPS2020 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56140/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The goal of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is to serve the public interest through sound governance of public expenditure and by leading and enabling reform across the Civil and Public Service.

As part of this, the Reform Division has driven and overseen the implementation of Our Public Service 2020(OPS2020), a framework for development and innovation in the wider Public Service, launched at end 2017. OPS2020 has focused on supporting sustainable, continuous progress across the Public Service in order to build a stronger public service and to deliver better quality services and outcomes to the public.

The development of the successor to OPS2020 is currently underway, with a view to publishing by end of Q2 2022. A Project Board is being established in Q4 2021 to oversee its development and internal consultations have commenced.