strategy statement03 - 05

Establish the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory

Authority (IAASA) on a statutory basis and work to ensure its effective operation;

Performance Indicator: Have legislation enacted during the Autumn 2003 session of the Oireachtas.

Develop a strategy for the supervision of those entities

remaining within the Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies (RFS) following the establishment of Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA);

Performance Indicator: Consultation document prepared by July 2003 with detailed proposals prepared before end 2003.

Seek to have enacted comprehensive new Companies

legislation which will provide for the consolidation of existing company law provisions into a single statute; reform company law consistent with the recommendations of the Company Law Review Group;

Performance Indicators: General Scheme of new Companies Bill to Government for decision by January 2004. Thereafter will work closely with Office of Parliamentary Counsel to produce the Bill as soon as possible for introduction in the Oireachtas.

Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment

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Goal

We will ensure that the resources entrusted to us deliver value for money. We will grow our skills and competencies to continuously improve our service to our customers and stakeholders at all levels.

High Level Performance Indicators for Goals

LDepartmental expenditure as a proportion of overall

Government supply services expenditure;

LPublication of VFM expenditure reviews and follow up

reporting on implementation;

LService performance against published standards and in

particular:

• Volume of employment rights queries and cases handled through inspection to enforcement;

• Reduced waiting periods for Redundancy and Insolvency payments;

• Reduced waiting times for Employment Appeals Tribunal hearings.

LCustomer attitudes to service delivery as measured by survey;

LTrend in volume of information made available to the public;

LVolume of services delivered electronically;

LTrend in Freedom of Information requests;

LVolume of public enquiries processed;

LTrend in ministerial representations: volume and timeliness.