Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

‘It’s part of the dance’: State and union sides posture over new public-service pay deal

Industrial action threats mounting since accord expired in June, but Coalition will want to know exposure before Budget 2027

Department of Transport ‘wants to avoid’ MetroLink costs spiralling like children’s hospital

Official says cost of project connecting city centre to airport will cost ‘well north’ of initial €9.5bn estimate

Public sector unions preparing for possible industrial action ballots over pay talks

Move comes after exploratory meetings between Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Department of Public Expenditure failed to reach deal

Several candidates turned down An Coimisiún Pleanála chair role over low fee

Department of Housing sought sanction to raise €20,500 fee to €50,000 to address conflict of interest issue

‘Pennywise and billions foolish’: Infrastructure chief criticises historic State approach to big projects

Climate legislation was well-intentioned but ‘just gave rope’ to serial objectors, says Sean O’Driscoll

Public service unions urged to enter talks on new pay agreement

Existing deal, which expired on Tuesday, saw public servants receive increases of more than 10%

Former head of Coillte and Glen Dimplex Fergal Leamy to become next chief executive of An Post

Finding replacement for David McRedmond has strained relations between company and parent department

Department of Public Expenditure objected to adding 190 staff to energy and water regulator

Department warned it would create more red tape and make it even harder to deliver infrastructure

Luas Finglas line could begin construction in 2028, Minister says

Cabinet expected to consider plans to authorise the next phase of the Dublin MetroLink project in mid-July

Dublin’s historic James Weir Home to remain in State hands

Early 20th century structure had provided nursing accommodation for decades before closure in 2021

Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief

Education spending, electric bus fleet and Children’s Sciene Museum among issues rounded on by committee

Dublin council chief wanted ‘generational civil servant’ Robert Watt for €280,000-a-year secondment

Former Department of Health secretary general appointed to €280,000 role without competitive process as it was a secondment

State appeals ruling it breached Constitution by refusing spouse’s pension to bereaved partner

Minister argues case could have significant impact on private contractual arrangements and employer planning

Department of Health faces task to find €175m in savings to offset overspending in education

Labour TD Ged Nash says the way details of sums involved are being presented by Ministers ‘is anything but transparent’

Government exceeds annual budget by average of €5.1bn since 2023

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council rebukes Department of Public Expenditure for poor budgeting

‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?

Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?

Department of Public Expenditure to pay up to €8,500 a month on help to sell infrastructure plan

‘Independent analysis and research support’ for department currently cracking down on overspends elsewhere

Delivering new cost of disability payment will be ‘so challenging’, Minister tells summit

‘We still live in a very ableist society’, one wheelchair user tells event, saying employment will not reduce costs

Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped

Caps on scheme would be ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin

Chambers tries to play bad cop on spending while corporate tax receipts flow in

Spending last year came in €4bn beyond what the Government sanctioned in previous budget

Ministers face new budget curbs in overspending crackdown

Expenditure control framework to be finalised shortly by Department of Public Expenditure

Officials questioned how nominating Phil Hogan for key UN post would ‘benefit’ the State

Role based in Rome carries $265,000 annual salary plus extra $50,000 ‘representation’ allowance

Time to seriously examine going nuclear, says Taoiseach in Armenia

Micheál Martin says further cost-of-living measures coming in next budget

Unions set to seek hefty increases in looming pay talks as spending pressures mount

€1bn ‘contingency reserve’ provided in budget for unforeseen spending requirements already used up

New Dublin regeneration role for Robert Watt is secondment with no competitive process

Senior Department of Housing civil servant to lead authority in charge of revitalising key areas in city

Dublin City Council completes €581m purchase of former DIT site

Deal to buy Kevin Street site would see council vacate Wood Quay civic offices

Department of Education faces €500m deficit amid funding row

Minister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for levy on other departments to address underfunding

Serious row rages over existing spending levels as teachers demand more resources

Minister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme

Tensions brewing in Government over slow progress on social media access age limit

Jack Chambers moving forward with original plan to use digital wallet to enable to people store Government documents on their phones

Ireland is on the cusp of another shock. What does it mean for Government’s budget plans?

If the current crisis continues, the principles of protecting tax payers and maintaining fiscal discipline could collide

Minister for Education defends projected department overspend of up to €700m

Hildegarde Naughton makes ‘absolutely no apologies around the need to make sure we are adequately funded’

Department of Education’s €600m overspend to be bailed out by other departments’ budgets

The cost of the overspend will have to be met from reducing spending increases elsewhere – a development likely to infuriate Ministers

At the Rock of Cashel, a ‘lovely development’ of 52 unfinished houses will be demolished

Construction of ‘holiday suites’ linked to hotel began in 2006 but stopped after council alleged planning non-compliance

Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities

More than 100,000 homes could be created by converting old premises and promoting living over shops

Minister wants to speed up development of social media age verification tool

Pilot project being built by Department of Public Expenditure has no start date, says Patrick O’Donovan

Jack Chambers suggested ban on ‘no foal, no fee’ environmental cases for judicial review

Minister for Public Expenditure sought ‘radical options’ to deal with judicial reviews of planning and infrastructure issues

Minster would have been ‘broadly aware’ letters on SNA numbers were being sent, committee told

Department of Education says communication problems contributed to controversy over staff redeployment plans

Social media firms yet to sign up to age-verification pilot

Lack of agreement likely to raise questions about plans to limit access to such sites for under-16s

Increased diagnoses of autism and ADHD driving rise in SNAs but budget falls short of demand

SNA review comes against the backdrop of spending overruns, with Department of Education needing a €567m bailout last year

‘Enormous distress’ among current arts income recipients after new scheme announcement

Successor to pilot programme will see 2,000 new eligible artists receive payment of €325 per week for three years

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