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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform publishes the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011 – paving the way for the establishment of the new Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Environment Minister Phil Hogan today announced that local authorities have made savings of just under €162 million in the first reporting period under the Croke Park Agreement...

Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin today noted the progress in reducing the size of the public service pay bill in the first quarterly report to EU/IMF/ECB...

The Government has appointed Mr Robert Watt as Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Mr. Watt is an economist and has broad experience...

I want to talk to you tonight about this new Government’s vision of public service. Ireland’s profound and complex economic crisis, where we are fighting a battle on three fronts – mass unemployment...

Effective public procurement is essential for good public service and good government. In the EU expenditure on public procurement amounts to some 17% of the EU’s GDP. In Ireland the public sector spends approx €16 billion per year...

During his speech at the International Research Society for Public Management Conference Dinner tonight, Minister Howlin spoke of the need for effective Public Service Reform, describing it as "recognised as being essential...

The damage done and the seriousness of the situation which we now face will no longer allow us to carry on as normal. Winning the future will demand major reform...

Our prosperity depends on us being competitive. It is reasonable to argue that the public sector pay and entitlements in Ireland should be benchmarked against other countries in the European Union and against the European average...

On the announcement of the recent decision by the Civil Service Arbitration Board on Privilege Days, Minister Howlin indicated his intention to pursue the issue across the Public Service so as to ensure that the savings are achieved...