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The Government at the request of Mr. Brendan Howlin, T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, today (20 November 2012) invited members of the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to discussions on a new...

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., has today published the Government’s Cloud Computing Strategy for the Public Service. Welcoming the publication Minister...

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin T.D., today welcomed the recommendations of the Labour Court which pave the way for the introduction of a completely reformed new Sick Leave Scheme for the ...

I welcome the opportunity to present the 2012 Estimates for my Department’s Group of Votes. If I may, I will begin by making some general comments in relation to the major developments in my...

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...