Administrative Officer Infrastructure Regulatory Simplification Unit

Department: Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (DPER)

The Department’s Mission is to drive the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland. The Department does this important work for our country under three strategic goals:

· Enhancing Governance – promote effective corporate governance and accountability frameworks, reinforce transparency through open government initiatives, and ensure fiscal prudence in managing public expenditure and pay policies;

· Building Capacity – enable a high-performing and inclusive workforce through progressive HR policies, upskilling opportunities, and reform initiatives; and

· Delivering Effectively – leverage our mandates in public expenditure, infrastructure, reform, and digitalisation to meet the evolving needs of society.

The Department’s Statement of Strategy 2025-2028sets out the supporting actions, values and behaviours that will enable the achievement of its strategic goals.

DPER is committed to championing an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects modern Ireland and the people we serve. We strive to create a culture where all staff have equal access to opportunity and feel comfortable and confident to be themselves at work.

Further information on the Department and its work may be found at https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-public-expenditure-and-reform/

Infrastructure Regulatory Simplification Unit within the Infrastructure Division

The Infrastructure Regulatory Simplification Unit (IRSU) is a new Unit that has been established within DPER’s Infrastructure Division which will play a key role in supporting the Department’s mandate to accelerate infrastructure delivery.

The Unit will focus on the delivery of Pillar 2 of DPER’s Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan 2025. The report sets out an ambitious vision for transformative reform of the delivery of critical infrastructure in Ireland. Pillar 2 details a set of actions aimed at reforming and streamlining regulatory processes for critical infrastructure projects in order to accelerate the pace of delivery.

The Unit is responsible for examining the regulatory environment for critical infrastructure sectors that underpin housing delivery, namely energy, transport and water, and will identify reforms to streamline and simplify the regulatory processes for these sectors, including consenting, permitting and licensing processes. This infrastructure is necessary to support the development of all other social and economic infrastructure right across society. The Unit will also support the delivery of the other Actions within Pillar 2.

As such, the Unit’s work will involve close engagement with relevant Departments, Regulatory Bodies, State Utilities, the Attorney General’s Office and DPER’s wider Infrastructure Division.