Chief Executive

Under the Public Service Management Act 1997 (No.27 of 1977), the chief Executive as Head of the Office has the following responsibilities:

• managing the business generally of Tailte Éireann;
• implementing Government policies appropriate to Tailte Éireann;
• monitoring Government policies that affect Tailte Éireann;
• delivering outputs as determined by the Minister;
• providing policy advice to the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage on all matters within the remit of Tailte Éireann;
• preparing Statements of Strategy for submission to the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage;
• providing progress reports to the Minister on the implementation of the Statement of Strategy;
• ensuring proper use of resources and the provision of cost-effective public services;
• preparing an outline of how specific responsibilities are to be assigned to other officers down through Tailte Éireann;
• managing matters relating to appointments, performance, discipline and dismissal of civil servants below the grade of Principal or its equivalent.

Section 4(1) of the Public Service Management Act empowers the Chief Executive to assign to other officers of Tailte Éireann (or grade or grades of officer) responsibility for the performance of his or her functions.

Interpretation of the framework of assignments should have due regard to the factors which from time to time affect the distribution and discharge of responsibilities across Tailte Éireann, such as the exigencies of work in a particular area, the alignment of activities spanning or involving more than one area, and the co-ordination of shared or contiguous responsibilities. It should also have regard to the assignment of functions in respect of appointments, performance and discipline of personnel under the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956-2005 which are made from time to time by the Secretary General under separate regulations.

The responsibilities so assigned shall be articulated through Tailte Éireann’s system of functional business plans to reflect the priorities and objectives of Tailte Éireann, as set out in its Statement of Strategy. The assignment of responsibility for the performance of functions by individual officers, or grade or grades of officer, below Principal level shall be handled administratively on the basis of the personal (or team) work objectives identified under or associated with the Department’s functional business plans. The latter, which are rolled over on an annual basis to keep pace with changing needs and priorities, are informed both by Tailte Éireann’s Statement of Strategy and by its Performance Management and Development System and provide a practical means of prioritising and managing the day-to-day work of the Department at section, team and individual level.

Subject to overarching budgetary provisions, officers to whom responsibilities have been assigned under this framework will receive the appropriate resources and infrastructural support to enable them to fulfil their obligations under the Act.

Assignments under Section 4(1) of the Public Service Management Act will continue to be amended from time to time, in writing, and the framework will be deemed to have been updated accordingly.

In addition, the Chief Executive, as Accounting Officer, is required to give evidence to the to the Committee of Public Accounts in relation to the Appropriation Account of the Department and related matters under the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 and the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866.