Performance of top civil servants will now be rated

Examination will be carried out by a three person sub-group

Department of the Taoiseach’s secretary general Martin Fraser

The country’s most senior civil servants are to have their performance rated this year for the first time – but the results will be kept under wraps.

The new system will see secretaries-general setting out three to four key objectives and then being examined at the end of this year to see if they achieved them.

The examination will be carried out by a three person sub-group made up of the Department of ...