James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the various metrics his Department uses to measure the impact that digitalisation will have on public service delivery; the specific areas of public services that his Department have outlined as having the highest potential for digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5100/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Thank you Deputy for the question. My Department has been responsible for a number of recent reform initiatives, including ‘Better Public Services’ transformation strategy, which aims to deliver inclusive, high quality and integrated Public Service provision that meets the needs and improves the lives of the people of Ireland. This strategy is formed around three core themes, one of which is Digital and Innovation at Scale.

As set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025, OGCIO provides a high level goal to drive the digital transformation agenda across Government while providing and developing pan-public service ICT infrastructure, service delivery models and cross government applications. The Public Service Activities (Outputs) provided under this section include:

• Build to Share (BTS) Desktop: active daily users;
• Number of private cloud hosted applications;
• Digital Postbox service users;
• Verified MyGovID accounts;
• BTS Applications suite: active daily users;
• BTS: Sites connected to Government Networks;
• Public Service Data Catalogue Traffic
• Data Sharing & Accession Agreements brought through the framework under the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019; and
• BTS Government Cloud Network PRSIM sites.