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10th Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards

Overview

The 10th Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards launched on 25 November 2024. There are 11 categories for nomination, which are aligned with the Civil Service Renewal 2030 Strategy and the Public Service Transformation Strategy ‘Better Public Services’. The award ceremony will be held on Thursday 29 May 2025 in St Patrick’s Hall in Dublin Castle.

Award categories and list of nominees

DIGITAL FIRST

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Area Monitoring System in Action: a new approach to monitoring CAP compliance

Courts Service and Irish Prison Service
Expanding courtroom video technology and driving increased usage of remote appearances

Department of Social Protection
Illness Benefit Online Project

EMBEDDING INNOVATION

An Coimisiún Toghcháin, the Electoral Commission
“Your Vote is Your Voice” 2024 Voter Registration/Activation Campaign

Department of Justice
The IPO Modernisation Programme: Transforming the Delivery of Protection

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Veterinary Inspection and Audit Programme

WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE

Department of Defence
Defence Studies Micro Credential

Department of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science
Digital Marketing Apprenticeship in the Civil Service

Public Jobs
Civil Service Capability Framework

WORKPLACE AND ORGANISATION OF THE FUTURE

Department of Foreign Affairs
10 Days of GEDI – gender, equality, diversity and inclusion

Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
Ready for Tomorrow: DETE Innovation Partnership Pilot

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Reform: Establishment of Office of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick

STRATEGIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Department of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science
Tertiary Degree Programmes - Expanding opportunities to study in a unified third level system

Department of Education
Collaboration with Traveller and Roma organisations to develop the first ever Traveller and Roma Education Strategy

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Review of Planning Legislation & Preparation of Planning & Development Act 2024

INSIGHTS-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
An Assessment of the Cumulative Impact of Proposed Measures to Improve Working Conditions in Ireland

Department of Health
Improving Hospital Productivity

Central Statistics Office
National Data Infrastructure – developing data as a national resource

DELIVERING IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT

Revenue Commissioners
The Debt Warehousing Scheme

Department of Transport
Transformation of Emergency Management in the Department of Transport

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
P2P – An Innovative Procure to Pay System

EXCELLENCE THROUGH COLLABORATION

Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media with the Department of Foreign Affairs, and Tourism Ireland
Zeitgeist Irland 24

Revenue Commissioners
Creation of Ireland’s first Artificial Reef

Department of Transport
Procurement of IRCG (Irish Coast Guard) SAR (Search and Rescue) Aviation Services Contract

CITIZEN IMPACT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE

Department of Justice
Transforming Citizenship from end to end

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Supported decision making, a multiagency programme of reform

WORLD CLASS CIVIL SERVICE

Houses of the Oireachtas
Establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office's Policy and Election Proposal Costing Service

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
4th National Biodiversity Action Plan

Department of Social Protection
State Pension Reform

CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Ireland’s National Deposit Return Scheme

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Building a Spatial Analysis toolkit to drive Smart and Sustainable decision making in Public Services for Forestry

Key dates

  • Opening date for submissions: 26 November 2024
  • Closing date for submissions: 14 February 2025
  • Webinar on completing application form: early December
  • Shortlist announced: early April 2025
  • Nominee days: 29 and 30 April 2025
  • Awards ceremony: 29 May 2025