The plan, which has been drawn up in accordance with the Croke Park industrial Agreement between the Government and public sector unions, says the Government intended considering a business case for shared services to administer the PS payroll early next year.
The draft plan envisages longer opening hours for some State services as well as further cuts to the number of court venues and other office accommodation.
It said the first wave of projects that could be outsourced would be identified this month.
Further projects would be considered for outsourcing later next year and implemented, if warranted, from the third quarter.
The plan says the Courts Service was examining the case for outsourcing the printing of summonses.
It says the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was also tendering for a range of services in the hope of saving up to 10 per cent of current costs.
It says the Road Safety Authority was to pilot the introduction of driving tests early in the morning and at weekends as part of reforms dealing with staff attendance patterns.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs is to pilot the introduction of longer opening hours and a new appointment system in the Passport Office,” the report says.
“The Probation Service is to establish systems to extend the hours of service delivery where there is a need including weekend and evening working arrangements.”
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Quelle/Source: PS News, 19.11.2012
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