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LAMA September 2012
Doing More with Less
Ray O’Dwyer
Chair of the Public Service Reform
Group for Local Government
Forces on Local Government
McCarthy Report
LGER Report July 2010 €511m Savings Target
Challenging Media Environment
Croke Park Agreement 2010 - 2014
Financial Crisis
Reduced LG Grant
Shrinking Rates Base
Local Government Reform
106 Recommendations
Drivers of Change
• Troika…….. • Severe budget cuts from 2008 to 2012 …Severe budget cuts to come in 2013 /14 …DPER wants ambition and pace to increase …MECLG twice yearly progress reports on efficiency
and Reform …Necessity for Balanced Budgets to be presented
annually to the Council Members • LEANER, SMARTER & MORE EFFICIENT LG
SECTOR
Lger IG
• Lger IG ‘Local Government Efficiency
Reform Implement Group’.
• Established to oversee the implementation
of the LGER July 2010 Report
• Members are:
Pat McLoughlin- Chair (Irish Payment Services Organisation)
Des Dowling, DECLG
David Hearn, Deloitte
Garrett Fennell, GFC Consulting
Anne O’Keefe, former Director OLAM
Public Service Reform Plan
“The implementation of the Public Service Reform Plan will involve an unprecedented level of change.” Minister Brendan Howlin, T.D. 17th November 2011.
Shared Services
• Shared Services is among the key reform initiatives mandated by Government and set out in both the Programme for Government and the Public Service Reform Plan
• The “Report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group”, dated July 2010, states that:
– Shared or joint service provision offers the potential to realise cost
savings, re-engineer and streamline processes, and improve services to the public. They can help local authorities not just by saving money, but also by economising and freeing up resources for other tasks in core local government responsibilities. ….
– Work is progressing in this area on a number of fronts, including a
shared human resources and payroll system to be used by most local authorities, and a shared approach to ICT and e-government. These efforts should be intensified.
Reform
• Strong Clear Political Mandate for reform
• Focus:LEANER, SMARTER & MORE EFFICIENT LG SECTOR
– Shared Back Office Services
– Shared procurement
– Cost of LG sector had to reduce
• Need for LG to act as a sector rather than separate Local Authorities from a transactional point of view
• Need for the Council Members to support that agenda.
PSROG • Public Service Reform Oversight Group
(PSROG) for Local Government
• Established December 2011 to make decisions for the sector and report on progress in achieving recommendations of Lger Report
• Members are: Geraldine Tallon, DECLG
Hubert Kearns, Sligo Co Co Martin Riordan, Cork Co Co
John Tierney,Dublin City Co Michael Malone,Kildare Co Co
Joe Harford –private sector rep Paul McSweeney, LGMA
Ray O’Dwyer, Chair
Evidence of
the Sector’s Achievements
• Need for Verified Local Government
progress against recommendations of the
Local Government Efficiency Review
• Data directly provided by Local Authorities
formed the basis of Report to Minister
submitted in March 2012
We’re Doing More with Less
Individually Local Authorities have responded to the change agenda by:
– Endeavouring to deliver high-quality public services despite reduced income and falling staff numbers
– Reducing costs and achieving efficiencies through innovation, smart procurement, co-operation, revised and improved work practices, VFM
And it’s been proven…
Publication of County and City Managers’
Association (CCMA) Report
Local Authority Savings (2008-2012)
Published 25th July 2012
Revenue Payroll Savings €236,508,322
Non-Pay Expenditure Savings €406,691,129
Agency Services Division G €92,576,366
Capital Payroll Savings €94,515,408
TOTAL Savings
€830,291,225
REDUCTION IN STAFF 8,243 (FEB 2012)
Minister’s Response to Report
• “One of the key aims of local government reform is to ensure that good value public services are delivered at local level with maximum efficiency. The sector has saved €830 million since 2008 and a further €150 million in direct efficiency savings will be targeted over the next 18 months, while maintaining existing services”.
• The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan T.D., today (25 July 2012), welcomed the publication of the first Report of the Local Government Efficiency Review (LGER) Implementation Group. Minister Hogan said: ‘We have had a lot of talk about local government reform over the past decade. That reform programme is already underway with the sector achieving over €195million savings through efficiency measures in 2010 and 2011 alone.’
From Minister’s Press Release Issued on 25/07/2012
LG Response
Issues:
• NO collective capacity to respond
• NO Collective Information
• Collective Decision making issue
• NO Plan
• Shared Procurement
• ICT Strategy
Responses:
• Set up the PMO as a SS
• PMO’s first task
• PSROG
• Shared Services Plan
• NPO (Kerry Co Co)
• CCMA adopted
Preparation of Business Cases
• Business Case preparation currently underway for all projects
• Questionnaires prepared to assist with baseline data on current costs
• Risk Register for all projects drawn up to aid delivery of projects
Shared Service Projects
Shared Payroll Laois County Council
Treasury Management Heads of PMO Finance Sub Group
Legal Services Cork County Council
Veterinary Services Cork County Council
Accounts Payable Kildare County Council
Transactional HR Fingal County Council
Integrated Inspectorate Fingal County Council
Internal Audit South Dublin County Co (with Sligo Co Co with Cork Co Co & Louth Co Co)
Social Media Kilkenny County Council
Local Government Portal LGMA
Online Services Dublin City Council
Register Electors Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Housing Assessment Louth County Council
Corporate Services Cork City Council
ICT – back office LGMA
Shared Procurement Services
Staff Welfare Leitrim County Council
Laboratory Services Roscommon Co Co
Debt Collection Cork City Council
Paid Parking Westmeath County Council
Public Lighting Maintenance Waterford City & Waterford County Councils
National LG Procurement
Office
Kerry County Council
Library Service
Procurement
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown &
Kildare County Council
Shared ICT Projects
Open Source Website Development Limerick City and County Councils
CRM – Microsoft Dynamics LGMA/LGCSB
CRM – Open Source LGMA/LGCSB
Spatial Information / GIS Kildare County Council
Document Management – Open Source Meath County Council
Knowledge Management & Open Data Fingal County Council
FixYourStreet South Dublin County Council
Online Services Dublin City Council
So…..
• The journey has begun…
• Let’s make sure we succeed:
– Adapt quickly and effectively to changes
– National and Local Political support for
the Reform Agenda
– Clear focus on maintaining front line
services
Thank You
Q & A
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