Office of the Attorney General Annual Report 2009 Incorporating the

Performance Indicators

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  Produce Annual Output Statement for the Advisory Counsel Programme;
  

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  Plan and allocate resources having regard to trends in workloads and their complexity and volume;.
  

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  Annually review legal services provided and other activities to ascertain what changes, if any, should be made in method of delivery or organisational management;
  

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  Monitor and respond to emerging legal issues.
  
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  With CSSO, review panels of counsel annually.
  

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  Develop and implement programme for further/ongoing strategic training and development for Advisory Counsel;
  
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  Provide support and training to trainee and seconded Advisory Counsel managed by a designated Advisory Counsel Training Manager.
  
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  Review induction and training programs.
  

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  Report to Management Advisory Committee every 6 months on training and development.
  

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  Implement the integrated PMDS and HR training and development;
  
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  Annual review for members of each specialist Group of progress toward meeting targets in PMDS, education, training and development.
  

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  Demonstrate co-ordination with legal advisers in client Departments and Offices through regular review meetings with them;
  
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  Operate the programme of secondment of Advisory Counsel to Departments and Offices with annual reviews of its operation;
  

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  Review and enhance the system to facilitate and co-ordinate the approach to domestic and ECJ litigation;
  
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  Participate in the work of the AGO/Law Reform Commission Consultative Committee.
  

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  Participate in interdepartmental working groups and in the Committees and Commissions listed in Appendix 4;
  

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  Ensure appropriate communication with Government Departments in relation to European Court, of Justice litigation;
  

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  Liaise with State Claim Agency, Office of Director of Public Prosecutions, Revenue Solicitors Office and agent to European Court of Human Rights (Department of Foreign Affairs) in relation to litigation as appropriate.