Keyword "department-of-public-expenditure-and-reform" - List of latest news (79 results)

22/04 Government pledge to lower class sizes in doubt due to ‘overspending’

More than 50,000 pupils are in ‘supersized’ classes with 30 children or more

15/04 Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlook

Internal Department of Housing report set out 10 selected 2024 forecasts, with all but two below 40,000

10/04 Dr Eddie Molloy: There is one risk to Ireland’s future progress that dwarfs even pandemics, terrorism and tariffs

The ‘hidden curriculum’ of nod and wink in the civil service leads to widespread disregard for public money

09/04 Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern

Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes

27/03 RTÉ’s voluntary redundancy scheme approved by Government

Programme that could see up to 400 staff leave the broadcaster RTÉ was held up by requests for more information about terms

10/03 Cost of long-delayed Metrolink project could rise to more than €23bn, Minister told

Briefing for Darragh O’Brien warns true cost of link between Swords, Dublin Airport and city centre will only be known at procurement stage

09/03 Learner drivers face having to start again if they have more than four permits without passing a test

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien advises changes must be made to learner permit regime for sake of road safety

06/03 New supports needed as energy bills set to rise further, officials warn

Official source notes 10% and 24% of electricity and gas customers respectively in arrears

25/02 Irish electricity prices, already Europe’s highest, may rise further due to ‘required investment’

Officials also warn ageing population poses long-term risk to Government spending sustainability

24/02 State’s housing investment ‘not sustainable’ as homebuilding grows, officials warned

Relying on exchequer grants to deliver climate and energy targets not sustainable in long term, department said

19/02 Social Protection rises or cost-of-living measures along lines of recent years ‘will not be needed in future’

Gap between state pension and inflation has narrowed, but the purchasing power of the payment to pensioners has weakened, officials told senior politicians

17/02 ‘Too many’ unentitled asylum applicants, says Minister, signalling cut in supports

Cutting Ukrainian hosting payment will ‘push people into homelessness’, say advocacy groups

17/02 Shredding public sector waste set to cost €7m under new contract

Service will cover paper and ‘non-paper items’ such as SIM cards, USB flash drives, laptops and uniforms

27/01 Judge sends transcripts of care hearings to government officials in bid to end ‘emergency’ over vulnerable children

Young people, some in danger of sexual exploitation, are not being taken into care despite High Court orders

17/01 Only ministerial job appointments certain in new government are five Independent TDs

Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday

15/01 Restructuring government departments has taken place for years but it can lead to staff uncertainty and unhappiness

Government to introduce changes to delivery of infrastructure and justice and migration

08/01 Government green-friendly spending estimated to increase to €7bn in 2025

Another €2bn of spending during the year will be unfavourable to climate and the environment, leaving a net pro-environment spend of just under €5bn

03/01 Government submits second payment request under EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund

December 2024 request for €115.5 million in grants is contingent on a series of performance targets

03/01 Divorce between managing the economy and managing public spending is harming the country

Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds

11/12 ‘Completely unworkable’: Plans for Sipo to enforce lobbyists’ cooling-off periods criticised

Sipo said offences would be better dealt with through the courts, but the Department rejected this approach, saying it could have a ‘chilling effect’

10/12 Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to begin formal government coalition talks on Wednesday

Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties

10/12 Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael close on some issues but last mile to government formation could be hardest

Fianna Fáil particularly keen on enticing Labour into a coalition rather than Independents, while main two negotiating parties have differing views on issues including VAT reform, new departments and overhaul of the Department of Public Expenditure

09/12 Leo Varadkar says many in politics do not understand numbers or percentages

Former taoiseach urged doctors not to ‘sell themselves short’ in pay negotiations with the government

02/10 Budget 2025: ‘Bonanza’ budget repeats Ireland’s past mistakes, State watchdog warns

‘Ireland needs a more serious vision that delivers on the economy’s needs without repeating the boom-to-bust pattern of its past’

01/10 Budget 2025: Households to gain thousands of euro in biggest ever giveaway

Extra billions set to be invested in water, housing and energy from the proceeds of bank shares

25/09 Miriam Lord: Children’s hospital and learning of a sickly lesson in cost and schedule overruns

When under attack for the State project fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box

24/09 Hiring election staff at short notice becoming ‘increasingly difficult’, TDs and Senators told

Dublin City returning officer to say almost full employment in Ireland means recruitment is ‘becoming more challenging’

30/08 Gerard Howlin: Taoiseach plans to create an all-powerful Dept of Infrastructure. What could possibly go wrong?

The worst of all worlds would be a Department of Infrastructure which takes years to assemble but is several pistons short of being a full engine

24/08 Government departments criticised over failure to engage with Labour Court in WRC staff pay row

Department of Enterprise and Employment and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform urged to re-engage in dispute over adjudicating officers

19/08 HSE directed to suppress senior post to compensate for role created for children’s hospital ex-chief

Reassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicate

19/08 Firefighters, prison officers and military personnel can work for longer under new legislation

New legislation on retirement age for uniformed State employees to be commenced on Monday by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe

14/08 State approved €550,000 salary for MetroLink chief after warning of potential risk to project

Department of Public Expenditure noted efforts to recruit project director at lower salary failed to yield candidate of sufficient calibre to manage likely ‘largest-ever public investment project in the history of the State’

19/07 Revenue Commissioners will have no role in collecting television licence fee

It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered

18/07 RTÉ funding: Government close to agreeing deal retaining TV licence fee and providing exchequer support

Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media

17/07 Former An Bord Pleanála official received big exit payout

Rachel Kenny got severance of €212,000 after it was found she had ‘no case to answer’ in relation to conflict of interest claims

27/06 Department of Public Expenditure repeatedly rejects Tusla’s request for special care staff allowance increase

Tusla’s chief executive gave evidence in High Court in reviews of cases of five children who cannot get into special care because of shortage of places

25/06 Who is Michael McGrath? Father-of-seven and former accountant’s long political career leads to Europe

Minister for Finance spends as much time on the sidelines as he can watching his children’s sporting exploits

24/06 Who is Michael McGrath? Long career in politics for former accountant leads to Europe

Minister for Finance spends as much time on the sidelines as he can watching his seven childrens' sporting exploits

02/06 Cliff Taylor: Ireland’s model for attracting multinational investment is looking frayed

The State risks losing out as a bidding war breaks out for major projects between the big countries, including huge subsidies for US companies to encourage them to invest at home

23/05 Gardaí say those retiring from November will have to make ‘false declaration’ that they are available for work

Department of Public Expenditure says it is ‘actively engaging with stakeholders to develop more streamlined process’ for those retiring under pension changes introduced in 1995

20/05 Budget-busting HSE continues to make money men bristle despite efforts to rein in spending

Department of Health told it was ‘imperative’ spending remained within allocation – but there was little surprise when it didn’t

13/05 Retail and hospitality businesses in line for cash injection

New enterprise support package expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday

08/05 Gardaí, military, fire and prison staff say they face years without their full pensions after retirement

Coalition of representative bodies seek Government to re-introduce supplementary pension to bridge gap until State pension age for those who have earlier retirement due to demanding nature of their jobs

02/05 HSE says it can ‘no longer sustain’ price increases in medicines, medical devices and agency staff

HSE officers issues letter saying price increases hitting funds needed for patient care ‘in a growing challenging environment’

25/04 John McManus: How long more is the Government going to cling to the fiction that 30,000 new homes is enough?

Current targets are based on published population projections from the 2016 census. Unfortunately, those projections are a serious underestimate

22/04 HSE chief executive warned of ‘grave consequences’ if senior official’s exit package was not approved

Newly-released files reveal disagreement behind the scenes over package to Dean Sullivan

22/04 HSE attempts to pay substantial exit package to former top executive led to Government row

Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show

08/04 Concern at ‘sustainability’ of health spending after 15% increase in first quarter

Health service argues there has been a further increase in demand for hospital services while measures to tackle expenditure are under way

30/03 Highly paid, but highly scrutinised - the top civil servants at the helm of Government departments

Most of the top mandarins running Government departments were educated in public schools, with some attending college at night or later in their career

25/03 Public sector workers to get pay increases in coming months after unions ratify deal

Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour

16/03 Political adviser pay is linked to pay of senior grades in the Civil Service

Most advisers aren’t on highest levels of Civil Service pay and they have none of the job stability of a civil servant

08/03 Surging business tax receipts trigger bitter Government dispute over capital spending

Paschal Donohoe’s department says spending bids ‘exceed’ funding

04/03 Directors cite ‘reputational risk’ as main deterrent to sitting on State boards

Survey by the Institute of Directors Ireland comes as fallout from RTÉ's payments controversy continues to play out

29/02 HSE executive gets nearly €400,000 in exit deal approved in recent days

Agreement, reached following mediation, was authorised by Department of Health and Department of Public Expenditure

29/01 Department of Public Expenditure raised concerns over renting of office block

Proposed €120m National Transport Authority deal sparks query over whether facility is too big

04/01 Pay talks ‘crucial’ to avoid strike ballots, says union chief

Unions have said that if there is no agreement, they will meet next Thursday to begin the process of balloting on industrial action over pay

12/12 Wreckonomics: important case made with verve and style.

The selection of examples is an analytical strength, ranging from conflict in Sri Lanka, to the drugs policy of the United States and the migration policy of the European Union

25/11 Q&A: Public sector talks are about to get underway, what are all sides looking for?

The future pay of the State’s public sector health professionals, teachers, gardaí, army, local authority workers and civil servants among others will all be up for discussion over the coming weeks

23/11 Government expected to announce extra payments for troops taking part in EU Battlegroup

About 35 Defence Forces personnel have volunteered so far, less than 20 per cent of what is required

20/11 Donohoe warns RTÉ exit packages should be in line with public service norms

Minister for Public Expenditure makes warning after reports that some RTÉ staff could be offered eight weeks pay per year under voluntary redundancy terms

20/11 Donohoe accuses Sinn Féin of speaking with ‘forked tongue’ when promising change

Reports of large RTÉ redundancy packages ‘mostly’ a matter for station managers, Minister says

17/11 Public sector unions seek clarity on abolition of post-crash emergency legislation

Unions keen to pursue a deal with pay increases that address impact of cost-of-living issues on their members

11/11 Senior gardaí warn Minister all senior ranks will be filled by non-nationals unless pension rules reformed

Only senior officers who applied for role of deputy commissioner, which oversees State security, came from foreign police forces

01/11 Key Department of Health posts lie vacant despite Covid-19 pandemic warnings

No one in HSE expressed interest in two deputy chief medical officer posts when they were advertised

23/10 Civil Service to be open to wider pool of migrants

Paschal Donohoe announces change to rules to allow non-European citizens to work as civil servants

21/10 Cliff Taylor: Annual pantomime of shock and horror over health overspends needs to end

Longer-term plans tend not to be popular in Irish politics because they force decisions to be made - like how to pay for them. But it can’t be avoided anymore

10/10 Budget 2024: Paschal Donohoe’s speech in full

Minister for Public Expenditure delivers budget in Dáil Éireann

09/10 Budget 2024 to help workers, parents and mortgage holders

Rising budget tensions with Department of Health following series of meetings on Sunday

06/10 Budget 2024: Frantic final days of negotiations as deadline looms without agreement

Health bailout and temporary measures made permanent could squeeze ministers’ room for manoeuvre

02/10 Budget 2024 set to be an exercise in balancing expectations with resources

An election looms in the near future and this Coalition trails in the polls, so party leaders will expect the budget to lift political fortunes

29/09 Housing Agency scheme has made ‘little to no progress’ in developing half of the sites in portfolio, audit finds

Report says ‘no viable development options have yet been identified’ for 39 of the 73 sites earmarked for housing

27/09 Chair of Bar Council: Here’s why criminal barristers are withdrawing their services

Here’s why criminal barristers are withdrawing their services for the first full day of the new legal year

25/09 Budget 2024: Ministers to clash over health overspend as negotiations enter crucial phase

Cabinet Committee on Health to meet on Monday amid speculation that overrun will curtail budget demands made by Stephen Donnelly

23/09 Half a billion a year spent on job creation schemes with ‘limited evidence’ for effectiveness

Short-term training for in-demand skills more useful for progress to full employment, Government paper says

21/08 Department of Public Expenditure rejects pleas for higher pay for CEOs of two public bodies

Request involved roles at Department of Agriculture and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

19/08 Retired An Post employees waiting on cost-of-living pension increase for eight months

Communications Workers Union says neither Government nor An Post will have to contribute as payments from pension scheme fund with surplus of €580 million

15/08 Number of public service apprenticeships to be doubled to 750 by 2025 under new plan

Simon Harris and Paschal Donohoe launch new plan with announcement of nine new apprenticeship programmes

01/07 ‘Nobody has said it to my face’ - Helen McEntee hits back at sexism on her return from maternity leave

In a wide-ranging interview - a month after her return to office - the Minister for Justice talks about parental guilt, the stint by Cabinet colleague Simon Harris in her job and her future ambitions

16/06 Diarmaid Ferriter: Women of Honour group wants a tribunal, but what lies ahead could be interminable

Politically, it will be difficult to resist the wishes of the women campaigning for a tribunal into their treatment by the defence forces