The McCarthy Report / An Bord Snip Nua
On 27 November 2008, Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan T.D. announced the establishment of Special Group on
Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes to examine the Government expenditure programmes in each department
so as to identify specific options for reducing current spending and the numbers employed in the public service.
This special working group was chaired by UCD economist Colm McCarthy. Colloquially it became known as ' An Bord Snip Nua'.
The special group reported it's findings in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes. Instead of downloading the report you can read it online here.
Chapter 1 of the document deals with the background to the economic crisis.
Chapter 2 deals with some key concepts of how to reform the public sector, here are the chapter headings:
- Expenditure control - medium-term perspective
- Reducing public service numbers
- Departmental structures
- Science, technology & innovation
- Supports for enterprise
- Labour force activation measures
- Mechanisms for delivering services at local level
- Regulators and ombudsman offices
- Public procurement
- Property management
- Outsourcing of Government activities
- Shared ICT services
- Performance, impacts and value-for-money
- Rationalisation of State agencies
Chapter 3 identifies savings in each of the areas below:
- Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
- Arts, Sports & Tourism
- Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
- Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs
- Defence
- Education & Science
- Enterprise, Trade & Employment
- Environment, Heritage & Local Government
- Finance Group of Votes
- Foreign Affairs
- Health & Children
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
- Justice Group of Votes
- National Treasury Management Agency
- Social & Family Affairs
- Taoiseach’s Group of Votes
- Transport
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