Donohoe vetoed proposal to borrow €100m for military equipment under EU plan
Department of Defence believed there was agreement at ministerial adviser level for Ireland to seek money under EU loan scheme
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We can’t keep objecting to wind farms 10km out to sea if we want Ireland to progress
We need a hard look at what is really necessary and appropriate for critical infrastructure
People objecting to infrastructure projects could be offered damages to avoid delays
Proposed reform of judicial reviews could see ‘flaws addressed retrospectively’
State agencies and departments to be encouraged to take risks in developing major projects
Infrastructural acceleration plan also promises to streamline visa process for construction workers coming to work here
Large extensions to critical infrastructure ‘should be exempted from seeking planning’
Jack Chambers to outline proposals to Cabinet aimed at speeding up delivery of key projects
Jack Chambers needs to tackle the culture issues in his own department
Department of Public Expenditure seems to consider procrastination as a virtue. It is penny wise and pound foolish
Second hospital chief executive salary breaches public pay scale
The Department of Public Expenditure asked the HSE to examine salaries of voluntary hospitals after issue emerged in Limerick
How Ireland plans to speed up the delivery of big projects
Department of Public Expenditure has been criticised over hurdles large projects have had to clear
High Court judge criticises ‘disgraceful’ lack of special care beds for at-risk children
Tusla and government departments are aware of problems yet allow situation to continue, he says
Government seeks emergency planning powers to speed up infrastructure delivery
New procedures to be in place next year after legislation is rushed through Oireachtas
Reform governance code for State bodies, Institute of Directors urges Government
Potential candidates concerned about potential reputational risk involved in State organisation board posts, says group
Government working on plan to use AI and apps to solve public sector issues
Oireachtas committee hears concept being envisaged could ultimately lead to the creation of exportable intellectual property
Ireland’s squeezed middle and stealthy wealthy pick up the tab for wasteful spending
Is it politically sustainable to keep soaking income tax payers? It might have to be
Numerous countries express interest in Government’s basic income for artists pilot scheme
Minister for Culture committed to making the scheme permanent if funding is secured in budget
HSE warns Limerick hospital of ‘significant risk’ if chief executive pay not reduced
Emer Martin and board of St John’s Hospital warned breach of public pay scale could have repercussions for pensions
Budget 2026: Public-transport fares set to remain at reduced level next year
DPER understood to be pushing back against indefinite freeze but full reversal to highest level of fares is not likely
Budget 2026: No changes to personal income tax planned
Proposed €9.4bn package ‘poses a risk of overheating the economy’, oversight committee warns
Planned Dublin Metro linking city centre with airport and Swords could open in stages
Testing and starting services on railway in phases could cut multi-billion euro project’s costs
Proposed rent tax credit reforms face opposition in budget talks
Special relief for tenants in new builds and extending the carer’s allowance are among measures planned in October package
Siptu seeks clarity on whether Bord na Móna chief plans to repay controversial €57,000 perk
Union says workers deserve transparency over payment which covered benefit in kind
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
Bord na Móna halted CEO’s ‘grossing up’ payments for fear of public outcry
Earnings covering Tom Donnellan’s health cover and car risked undermining public pay policy, department documents show
Vital infrastructure in Ireland is being blocked by planning objectors, Jack Chambers claims
Minister for Public Expenditure highlights planning objections as major roadblock at Dublin Economics Workshop
Pensioners unaware they must return ‘significant’ education and training board overpayments
Almost €774,000 overpaid to 32 ex-education and training boards workers, report finds
Government spending jumps by 54% in five years
Coalition’s latest Medium-Term Expenditure Framework highlights rapid acceleration in expenditure
Move to block official’s reappointment a ‘terrible attack’ on Labour Court’s independence
Deputy chair Alan Haugh says he was twice told by different department his contract would be extended
‘Severe impact’ on Labour Court hearings seen as deputy chairman’s reappointment ‘blocked’
Labour Court tells lawyers Department of Public Expenditure blocked reappointment
School secretaries and caretakers strike: Union agrees to withdraw industrial action and enter talks
Fórsa says ‘key element’ of agreement is a commitment to negotiate comparable pension entitlements to those of teachers and SNAs
‘Worth more than a box of chocolates’: School secretaries and caretakers demand pension parity
Protest marked the first day of an indefinite strike action by more than 2,300 secretaries and 500 caretakers
School secretaries and caretakers begin indefinite strike action over pensions
Rally outside Department expected with 2,000 schools affected
Simon Harris proposed doubling defence spending as ‘step change urgently required’
Simon Harris wanted €3.4bn for radar, armoured vehicles, aircraft and surveillance equipment
‘World order is changing’: Department of Defence argued for substantial funding rise, Harris notes reveal
Department of Public Expenditure’s financial offer would see State’s military capabilities ‘go backwards’
Taoiseach cracks down on last-minute, ‘under-the-arm’ Cabinet memos from Ministers
Senior official twice warns Government members about timely filings of documents ahead of meetings to meet constitutional principle
Depicting MetroLink as primarily an airport service is an example of Michael O’Leary’s myopic thinking
Arguments by the Ryanair boss that we should give up on rail solutions and rely on the car and bus make no sense
Enterprise Ireland sought approval for €300,000 pay package for new chief executive
Enterprise Ireland appointed Jenny Melia as its new CEO in May, with her salary now set at €234,548
OPW spent €17,000 on consultants for committee hearings, more than any other State body
Spending data from 2021 to last month shows OPW spent over €17,000 last year as it faced rolling controversies
Housing Agency raised salary for incoming CEO by over €23,000
Government approved bumping salary from lowest to highest point on Assistant Secretary pay scale on appointment of NTMA’s Martin Whelan
Review completed into Ministers who owe, or are owed, cash due to pension error
‘Inappropriate’ to disclose numbers involved or details regarding those affected, says Department of Public Expenditure
National Development Plan to help Ireland meet climate goals, says Taoiseach
Government notes need to provide backing for development of ‘low-carbon transport projects’, such as MetroLink, before 2030
Fast-track planning to speed up national infrastructure in €200bn plan
Investment in housing, water and grid infrastructure, defence, prisons and sports facilities planned under NDP
Sex abuse in schools: State accused of ignoring its liability for redress
Louise O’Keeffe, who took State to court over failure to protect her, questioned Government’s guidance on issue
Department of Public Expenditure faces ‘embarrassing’ €700,000 Revenue bill after payroll errors
Issue relates to deductions from retirement benefits of former public service staff with high-value pensions
Long Covid support scheme to end this month, Minister for Health confirms
Labour Court recommends scheme be extended for a further six months
Ireland needs to ditch empty promises and economic fairy tales and start confronting reality
Official documents seem to exist in some kind of parallel universe, with no expectation that targets can be met
Another week, another war: Trump pivots from America first to talk of a bunker buster
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: AIB buys back all its shares, while politicians tear strips off Children’s Health Ireland representatives in front of an Oireachtas committee
Minister admonished for bringing ‘substantial’ issues to Cabinet without telling colleagues
Failed Arts Council IT project one of two issues brought to Cabinet ‘under the arm’, senior official said
Micheál Martin and Paschal Donohoe are responsible for this Government’s lethargy
They have power, but seem unwilling to introduce cultural change and fiscal discipline
Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?
New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review
Ireland’s urgent need to overhaul its climate policies laid bare by new projections
Opinion: ‘Yes, scaling is hard to do, so we had better do what we know already works and what we are good at delivering’
Department objected to Government’s ‘housing tsar’ amid concerns over pay and recruitment
McDonagh withdrew from consideration after possibility he might retain €430,000 salary
Chambers refused to back open-ended RTÉ redundancy scheme, documents show
Department of Public Expenditure set out several conditions for voluntary exits at broadcaster
Minister set to push for extension of artists’ income scheme
About 2,000 artists have been allocated €325 a week in pilot funding since 2022
‘Lowballing’ for big public projects to be tackled by new Dáil infrastructure committee
Seán Fleming says practice undermines public confidence, as actual cost of projects is a multiple of estimate
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