On Tuesday 24th September PAI will host a Breakfast Briefing- Your Workplace Environment – A Sustainable Approach to Corporate Wellbeing. We are delighted that our panel of expert speakers have shared articles on the subjects they will discuss at the…
By Ciarán Doherty Ireland has an imperfect separation of powers. The Constitution appears to create a strong legislature, the Oireachtas, but in practice the Dáil and Seanad have been under the control of Government as a result of both their…
The Law Reform Commission (LRC) certainly thinks so. Its recommendation for such an Office appears in a report, of over 800 pages, published in October 2018. The report entitled Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences is published two volumes; Volume…
The World Health Organization states that a healthy workplace is one in which workers and managers collaborate to use a continual improvement process to protect and promote the health, safety and well-being of workers and the sustainability of the workplace…
Breakfast Briefing: Construction Procurement Masterclass On Friday 8 February 2019, Public Affairs Ireland and Quigg Golden hosted a Procurement breakfast briefing at PAI’s premises on Mountjoy Square. William Brown of Quigg Golden led this Construction Procurement Masterclass which focussed on…
Here at Public Affairs Ireland January 2019 has been a busy and productive start to the year. We have welcomed back delegates to our premises at Mountjoy Square for a variety of different training courses such as One-to-One interview coaching…
William Brown REWIND T stands for the “reasonably well informed and normally diligent tenderer”. This is how the courts will interpret tender documents, specifically the assessment criteria and scoring indicators set out within those documents. It is a really useful…
Alison McIntyre The workforce, the workplace and the technologies used in Irish organisations are changing rapidly. There is an increased focus on relationships with workers, customers and communities as businesses evolve into social enterprises. This article complements the Deloitte 2018…
Tom Ferris Civil servants are soon to be given greater powers when new legislation, currently being considered by our legislators, is enacted. The legislation is the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018 https://hr.per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Draft-General-Scheme-of-the-Bill-2018.pdf . As a prelude to the Bill,…
Dave A.Barry Within the Public Sector, is there validating-data, clarity and alignment as to sub-sector organizational priorities for 2019 e.g. Talent attraction and development? High-engagement culture, operational excellence and/or people-centric leadership? Something else? If not, there must be. Amid War…
Throughout 2018, Public Affairs Ireland have a had a successful year delivering our specialised training courses to the public sector. Here at PAI, with the help of our expert speakers and trainers, we have been hosting courses, seminars, update series…