TableB- Progress on Reforms identified under the 2012 Critical Review Process
Department / Reform / Status / Reference[i]Communications, Energy and Natural Resources / Merge back-office administrative functions between Commission for Communication Regulation and Broadcasting Authority of Ireland / Fully delivered / 4+5
Education and Skills / Absorb administration of Expert Group on Future Skills Needs into Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation / Fully delivered / 6
Children and
Youth Affairs / Merge National Education and Welfare Board into new Child and Family Agency / Fully delivered / 7
Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation / AbolishAdvisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation into Department / Fully delivered / 8
Absorb administration of National Competitiveness Council into Department / Fully delivered / 9
Absorb Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government into SFI / Fully delivered / 10
Restructuring of Shannon Development / Fully delivered / 11
Environment, Community & Local Government / Merge Environmental Protection Agency and Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland / Fully delivered / 12
Rationalisation of Local Authority structures / Fully delivered / 13
Transport / Finance (Public Expenditure and Reform) / Absorb the NDFA into the NTMA. (NDFA procurement function will subsequently be merged with the new Transport Infrastructure Service) / In progress / 16
Public Expenditure and Reform (Justice) / Bring the Forensic Science Laboratory within the ambit of the State Laboratory / In progress / 19
Foreign Affairs and Trade / Abolish Development Education Advisory Committee / Fully delivered / 20
Justice and Equality / Subsume Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner into Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. / In progress / 29
Justice and Equality / Public Expenditure and Reform/ CENR / Merge the Valuation Office, the Property Registration Authority and Ordnance Survey Ireland / In progress / 30-32
Justice and Equality / Reduce by half those serving on Prison Visiting Committees / Fully delivered / 34
Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht / Develop shared services between Chester Beatty Library and other cultural institutions / Fully delivered / 39
Absorb functions of Placenames Commission / An Choimisiúin Logainmneacha into Department / Fully delivered / 40
Merge the functions of Culture Ireland into Department / Fully delivered / 41
Social Protection / Merge Pensions Ombudsman with the Financial Services Ombudsman / In progress / 43
Agriculture
Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation / In addition to the above the reform regarding the Irish Maritime Development Office and the Marine Institute and the reform concerning the Companies Registration Office and the Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies were achieved through existing arrangements. / Fully delivered / 2, 45, 46
Note: Some of the measures involve changes to legislation. Much of this legislation has already been enacted. In instances where work on the legislation is still advancing, where possible the new administrative arrangements are being put in place ahead of the legislative changes.
[i] This column shows the link between each reform and the relevant proposal that was to be subject to critical review, as set out in Appendix IIb of the Public Service Reform Plan (November 2011)