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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Mr. Brendan Howlin T.D. today announced the Government has approved the drafting of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries...

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin TD today, 31 October 2012, updated Government colleagues on the rationalisation of state agencies...

I want to say at the outset, that as a Government we are determined to press ahead in overhauling the State’s property portfolio. It is a key part of our Public Service Reform Plan. The old ways of providing public sector office space - and indeed...

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin TD today announced the completion of the passage of the Ombudsman Amendment Bill 2008 through the Oireachtas. The Bill is expected to be enacted shortly...

Mr Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, announced today (22 October, 2012), that he has established an independently chaired Implementation Group to oversee the practical work of local government...

I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before the Select Committee today and look forward to a constructive discussion covering the 2013 technical allocations for my Department’s group of Votes. I welcome this earlier interaction on...

Reforming local Government is about solving problems and providing services that have a direct impact on all of our lives. We need local Government to be more democratic and more responsive, and we need that reform to happen while at the same...

Welcome everyone to Dublin Castle. It is noteworthy that we are here in the former home of governance in Ireland to launch one of the most radical, ambitious and far reaching governance reform plans ever put forward by an Irish Government...

The Department of Public Expenditure & Reform strongly refutes the allegations made that savings under the Croke Park Agreement, as reported by...

It is alleged that the pay bill savings set out in the Implementation Body report are overstated. This is not correct. The pay savings from numbers reductions are based on the average pay of employees. We do not include overhead...