Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2023
272. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he intends to re-establish the civil service accountability board, as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in a 'Ministers and Secretaries Act Report'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42505/23]
View answerThe Civil Service Accountability Board was established under the 2014 Civil Service Renewal Plan. It comprised a mix of senior Government ministers, including the then Taoiseach, senior civil servants and a number of external members selected following an expressions of interest process by the Public Appointments Service (PAS).
The Board met four times in total in Q2 and Q3 2015 and Q2 and Q4 2016 to carry out its terms of reference under the 2014 Civil Service Renewal Plan. Work on that Plan was completed with the publication of its fourth progress report which is available on the Gov.ie website and there are no current plans to establish a similar Board.
