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Dr Richard Boyle

Position: Senior Research Officer
Email: rboyle@ipa.ie
Telephone: 00 353 1 240 3600

Core work since joining the Institute of Public Administration has been for the Committee for Public Management Research. Has undertaken numerous major studies on public management issues for the Committee (see listing of publications below). Main activities have been in the areas of performance measurement and evaluation, and public service reform.

Engaged in a number of major consultancy projects for public sector organisations in Ireland, particularly in the fields of programme evaluation, strategic management and performance measurement. For example: work on effectiveness indicators for the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; production of background documents for the National Children’s Strategy and National Economic and Social Council strategy reports; evaluation of the Homeless Initiative and Homeless Agency. Established and chairs the Irish Evaluation Network.

Internationally, has conducted research on behalf of the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, and the European Group of Public Administration. Consultancy work includes: assignments on performance management and performance contracting for OECD public management service; acting as external expert in study on quality of evaluations for the European Commission; input to World Bank deliberations on outcome measurement and evaluation capacity development. Member of the International Evaluation Working Group on policy and programme evaluation. On the editorial board of the International Journal of Public Sector Management. On the Board of the European Evaluation Society (2002-2005).

Selected Publications

  • Civil Service Performance Indicators, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2005, CPMR Discussion Paper No. 29
  • The Role of the Centre in Promoting Civil Service Modernisation, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2004, CPMR Discussion Paper No. 27
  • Changing Local Government: A Review of the Local Government Modernisation Programme (with Peter Humphreys, Joanna O’Riordain, Virpi Timonen and Orla O’Donnell), Dublin Institute of Public Administration, 2003, CPMR Research Report, No. 5
  • Promoting Longer-Term Policy Thinking (with Joanna O’Riordain and Orla O’Donnell), Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2002, CPMR Discussion Paper, No. 22
  • A Review of Annual Progress Reports, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2001, CPMR Discussion Paper, No. 18
  • A New Change Agenda for the Irish Public Service, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2001, CPMR Discussion Paper, No. 17
  • The Role of Strategy Statements (with Síle Fleming), Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2000, CPMR Research Report No. 2
  • Performance Measurement in Local Government, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2000, CPMR Discussion Paper, No. 15
  • ‘Cross-cutting teams – a new force for joined up government?’ The International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 12, No. 5, 1999, pp. 386-387
  • The Management of Cross-Cutting Issues in the Public Service, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1999, CPMR Discussion Paper, No. 8
  • Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1998, CPMR Discussion Paper No. 6
  • Partnership at the Organisation Level in the Public Service, Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1998, CPMR Research Report No. 1
  • ‘Civil Service Reform in the Republic of Ireland’, Public Money and Management, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1997, pp.49-53.

Selected Consultancy reports

  • Effectiveness Indicators, report for the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, 2005
  • Quality reviews of several expenditure review reports as part of the government’s Expenditure Review Initiative, 2003 onwards
  • ‘Automony versus Accountability: managing government funding of voluntary and community organsiations’, report funded by Third Sector Research Programme grant from the Royal Irish Academy, 2003
  • ‘TecNet Evaluation’ (with Epsiton Consulting) report for Enterprise Ireland 2002
  • ‘Review of Strategy Statement’, report for Met Eireann, July 2001
  • ‘Homeless Initiative - Final Evaluation Report’, report to the Homeless Initiative, (with Michelle Butler and Orla O’Donnell), 2001
  • ‘Guidelines for the preparation of strategy statements under the Public Service Management Act, 1997’, report for the Department of the Taoiseach, 2000
  • ‘The National Children’s Strategy - Enhancing Policy Coordination: Key Structure and Process Issues’, report for the National Children’s Strategy 2000
  • ‘Adapting Institutional Structures to Ensure a More Effective Policy Process’, background document prepared for the National Economic and Social Council, 1999.
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