The new coalition agreement plans to harmonise career management for civil servants and contractual employees working for the public sector (current ratio of 40%/60%). The first two projects will involve merging pay scales for equivalent grades and combining staff representative bodies. Equal representation among top management will also be made law, and is likely to take effect in 2025.

Reassigning public sector jobs according to changing needs, notably by reducing the concentration of civil servants in Dublin, was one of the measures of the ongoing reform (Action 15). The Civil Service Mobility programme goes even further than expected. The minister announced that more than 2,700 civil servants (i.e. 20% of the total) had filed a mobility request, with 711 wishing to leave the Irish capital.

Dedicated to HR innovation, HR Lab brought together HR stakeholders from major corporations, HR consultants and six start-ups to contribute to ten projects tackling three issues: professional engagement, workplace health, and HR data exploitation. Three of the ten projects were awarded prizes: Mobility on voluntary employee exchanges, MyXtraMiles on anticipating the departure of talented staff members, and Mercy Bobby on risk prevention.