OECD Public Management Reviews: Ireland 2008
Subtitle: Towards an Integrated Public Service
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9789264043268
Subjects: Governance
Description: Ireland's economic success story is one that many OECD countries would like to emulate. Of the many factors linked to this success, understanding the public sector’s role is key. Integration matters. The key public service reform challenge for Ireland going forward is for the different parts of the Irish Public Service to work cohesively together, with a more integrated approach at the national and local levels. This book provides an overview of the Irish Public Service, its fiscal and demographic context, and looks at capacity and motivation issues, improving service delivery, and strengthening governance. It also provides four case studies and a series of recommendations. This report is the first in a series of OECD country reviews that will look at public management reform and governance issues from a comprehensive perspective. These reviews will help countries to identify how reforms can better reinforce each other in support of overall government objectives. They also examine reform strategies that have worked in other countries and provide advice as to which reforms can be appropriately adapted to a given country.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: Main Assessments and Recommendations; title: Fiscal and Demographic Developments; title: The Irish Public Service; title: Ensuring Capacity; title: Motivating Performance; title: Moving Toward a Citizen-centred Approach; title: Strengthening Governance; title: Case Study 1: Reconfiguration of Hospital Services in the Health Sector; title: Case Study 2: Managing Agencies; title: Case Study 3: Local Waste Management in the Local Government Sector; title: Case Study 4: School Planning in the Education Sector; title: Annexes.