Common use of Departmental commitments Clause in Contracts

Departmental commitments. The Department will:  Seek, via the annual Estimates campaign, to secure sufficient resources for the activities of the Authority;  take due account of the Authority’s role and statutory functions and to ensure that the Authority is included/consulted as appropriate in all relevant matters;  proactively consider the Authority’s role in the ongoing work of the Department with the Garda Síochána to determine whether the Authority needs to be informed, consulted or directly involved in any matter that arises;  coordinate issues of a horizontal nature where there are shared or related legislative responsibilities by various entities which are under the Department’s aegis and which impact on the Authority’s functions;  Support the Authority, as appropriate and necessary, in relation to sanction requests to D/PER in line with public financial procedures and policies on public service numbers;  Support the Authority through the appropriate provision of administrative shared services under Service Level Agreements where appropriate, consistent with maintaining the independence of the Authority;  In preparing the specification for a role as a member of the Authority, consult with the Chairperson on the specific skills that are required;  The Department will provide support to the Authority in relation to access to:  Media monitoring services;  Information resources relevant to the Authority’s remit on the Criminal Justice sector, for instance to library services and online resources.