Seamus Brennan, Minister for Social Welfare and Family Affairs, has revealed that a review of the department's methods of paying customers is underway, with a view to identify a payment system that would be flexible, cost-effective and would take account of the needs of social welfare recipients.
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Northern Ireland's health minister Angela Smith announced the launch of the Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS) strategy on Monday saying that the ten-year programme would be backed by a STG95 million investment and will deliver new systems and technology across the health sector in Northern Ireland.
Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony for new Department of Social Welfare offices in Sligo, Seamus Brennan, minister for Social Welfare and Family Affairs, said that a review of the department's methods of paying customers was being undertaken to identify a payment system that would be flexible, cost-effective and would take account of the needs of social welfare recipients.
It is now two and half years since the Review of Public Administration was launched, raising hopes in the business community that our outdated model for delivering public services would be radically overhauled with big efficiency gains and cost-saving benefits for all.