Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the same of State bodies and agencies under his Department’s aegis; if he published those reviews; the number of recommendations implemented arising from the reviews and same for State bodies and agencies under his aegis; if the capacity review was outsourced; and if so, to whom and at what cost. [40833/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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A review of the Department of Defence under The Organisational Capability Review (OCR) Programme, managed by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, was conducted in 2021. A range of staff and external stakeholder engagements took place between May and November 2021, including workshops and interviews.

The Report was published in April 2022 (Organisational Capability Review - ) and contained 55 recommendations. A high level implementation plan was published in July 2022 Implementation Plan (www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/230959/326adf02-b89b-4e89-9451-8c18dd85ee13.pdf#page=null). A detailed action plan was also developed internally to further facilitate implementation of the recommendations.

As of October 2024, 39 of the 55 OCR recommendations have been implemented and are now closed. Work is ongoing to implement and close the remaining recommendations.

I can confirm that there have been no capacity reviews conducted on the agencies under the Department’s aegis, in the last ten years.