Common use of Departmental commitments Clause in Contracts

Departmental commitments. The Department shall: • In forming the estimates for the Justice and Equality vote, consider the requirements of the PSRA as part of the annual budgetary provision of the PSRA. • Provide, via its HR Division, services encompassing recruitment, employee relations, staff circulars, Civil Service HR Policy Guidelines, workforce development, performance management and liaison with (HR) shared services as required. • Liaise appropriately with D/PER to ensure, as far as possible, timely sanctions for expenditure and resourcing in line with public financial procedures and policies on public service numbers. • Provide guidance/direction on procurement and expenditure rules, government accounting and governance generally. • Engage through the appropriate departmental function in a timely manner with the PSRA on strategic, policy and legislative issues of relevance to PSRA functions.. • Provide payroll, invoice processing and other accounting services through the Department’s Financial Shared Services and Financial Management Unit. • Provide internal audit services to the Authority. The audit work will be agreed between the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, the CEO and the Head of Internal Audit in the Department of Justice and Equality. • Provide ICT development and operations services in support of the PSRA. • Liaise with the PSRA on public service reform/engagement initiatives. • Engage and progress the State Boards process as vacancies arise or are anticipated on the Board of the PSRA. • Liaise, through the Transparency function, with the PSRA at the earliest possible stage on: - Requests for information that may be necessary to assist in meeting the Minister’s obligations to the Oireachtas and in responding to representations, media queries etc; and - Ministerial/Departmental announcements of relevance to the functions of the PSRA. • Liaise and support, through the Civil Governance function, with the PSRA at the earliest possible stage on significant governance developments and related issues of concern.

Departmental commitments. The Department shall: • In forming the estimates for the Justice and Equality vote, consider the requirements of the PSRA as part of the annual budgetary provision of the PSRA. • Provide, via its HR Division, services encompassing recruitment, employee relations, staff circulars, Civil Service HR Policy Guidelines, workforce development, performance management and liaison with (HR) shared services as required. • Liaise appropriately with D/PER to ensure, as far as possible, timely sanctions for expenditure and resourcing in line with public financial procedures and policies on public service numbers. • Provide guidance/direction on procurement and expenditure rules, government accounting and governance generally. • Engage through the appropriate departmental function in a timely manner with the PSRA on strategic, policy and legislative issues of relevance to PSRA functions.. . • Provide payroll, invoice processing and other accounting services through the Department’s Financial Shared Services and Financial Management Unit. • Provide internal audit services to the Authority. The audit work will be agreed between the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, the CEO and the Head of Internal Audit in the Department of Justice and EqualityJustice. • Provide ICT development and operations services in support of the PSRA. • Liaise with the PSRA on public service reform/engagement initiatives. • Engage and progress the State Boards process as vacancies arise or are anticipated on the Board of the PSRA. • Liaise, through the Transparency function, with the PSRA at the earliest possible stage on: - o Requests for information that may be necessary to assist in meeting the Minister’s obligations to the Oireachtas and in responding to representations, media queries etc; and - o Ministerial/Departmental announcements of relevance to the functions of the PSRA. • Liaise and support, through the Civil Governance function, with the PSRA at the earliest possible stage on significant governance developments and related issues of concern.