Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the recommendation made in the Parliamentary Budget Office’s Publication 24 of 2024 are included in future revised estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23085/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Performance budgeting aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public expenditure by linking funding allocations of public sector organisations and the results they deliver, making systematic use of performance information. As part of this process, key high-level Performance Metrics for each Department are published in the Revised Estimates for Public Service prior to each year. Published by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, the Public Sector Performance Report subsequently examines how Departments have performed against these targets and the impact these services had on the outcomes they were intended to improve.

The 2023 Public Sector Performance Report will be based on the agreed metrics set out in the 2023 Revised Estimates for Public Service and will be published by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in due course later this year.

Complementing existing statistical reporting, in agreeing Performance Metrics, my Department strives to demonstrate the broad range of activity and outputs accruing from the very substantial investment in Housing each year in as accessible a manner as possible.

To maximise the impact of Performance Reporting on transparency, the process is consistently reviewed by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. This review process includes feedback from key stakeholders such as the Budgetary Oversight Committee, The Parliamentary Budget Office and Government Departments.

As such, my Department has noted the recommendations of the Parliamentary Budget Office publication on Social Housing Performance Metrics. In the context of the preparation of the 2025 Revised Estimates for Public Service these recommendations will be examined further in conjunction with Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.