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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...

These actions will provide annual savings of at least €1 million, will eliminate fees for board memberships, will reduce numbers on boards by up to 50%, and will introduce new...

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has today confirmed that tests carried out at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, have identified the presence...

Minister Simon Coveney today underlined that the Common Agricultural Policy remains a top priority for the Irish Government in the discussion on the EU’s seven year budget (the...

Ladies and gentlemen, and most especially graduates of the EPIC Programme, I would like to thank Tina Roche, Steve Costello and their colleagues for inviting me here today to participate...

Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, is pleased to announce today (Tuesday 30th October, 2012) that he has provided each of the county and city...

The Government welcomes the publication of NESC’s report Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: Disability Services. It sees it as complementary to the recent Value for...

German Federal Minister for Finance, Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin met today in Farmleigh House, Dublin...

There is a thoroughly dishonest and inaccurate report on the front page of today’s Sunday Independent. The Taoiseach is wrongly accused of having...

Minister of State for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD today begins a three-day visit to Vietnam to see the impact of Ireland’s development aid programme and to discuss measures to increase trade between Ireland and Vietnam...