Gap between state pension and inflation has narrowed, but the purchasing power of the payment to pensioners has weakened, officials told senior politicians
Service will cover paper and ‘non-paper items’ such as SIM cards, USB flash drives, laptops and uniforms
Cutting Ukrainian hosting payment will ‘push people into homelessness’, say advocacy groups
Young people, some in danger of sexual exploitation, are not being taken into care despite High Court orders
Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday
Government to introduce changes to delivery of infrastructure and justice and migration
Another €2bn of spending during the year will be unfavourable to climate and the environment, leaving a net pro-environment spend of just under €5bn
December 2024 request for €115.5 million in grants is contingent on a series of performance targets
Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds
Sipo said offences would be better dealt with through the courts, but the Department rejected this approach, saying it could have a ‘chilling effect’
Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties
Fianna Fáil particularly keen on enticing Labour into a coalition rather than Independents, while main two negotiating parties have differing views on issues including VAT reform, new departments and overhaul of the Department of Public Expenditure
Former taoiseach urged doctors not to ‘sell themselves short’ in pay negotiations with the government
Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box
Dublin City returning officer says almost full employment in Ireland means recruitment is ‘becoming more challenging’
The worst of all worlds would be a Department of Infrastructure which takes years to assemble but is several pistons short of being a full engine
Department of Enterprise and Employment and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform urged to re-engage in dispute over adjudicating officers
Reassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicate
New legislation on retirement age for uniformed State employees to be commenced on Monday by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe
Department of Public Expenditure noted efforts to recruit project director at lower salary failed to yield candidate of sufficient calibre to manage likely ‘largest-ever public investment project in the history of the State’
It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered
Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media
Rachel Kenny got severance after it was found she had ‘no case to answer’ in relation to conflict of interest claims
High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talent
Paper published by Department of Public Expenditure says subsidies of up to €100,000 available, and says further consideration needed on how better to target supports so State funds are maximised
Report by Department of Public Expenditure says under strategic housing development initiative judicial review process may have been acting as ‘pseudo-appeals mechanism’
Tusla’s chief executive gave evidence in High Court in reviews of cases of five children who cannot get into special care because of shortage of places
Minister for Finance spends as much time on the sidelines as he can watching his children’s sporting exploits
Prof Kerstin Mey not leaving university but changing to senior academic role
The State risks losing out as a bidding war breaks out for major projects between the big countries, including huge subsidies for US companies to encourage them to invest at home
Department of Public Expenditure says it is ‘actively engaging with stakeholders to develop more streamlined process’ for those retiring under pension changes introduced in 1995
Department of Health told it was ‘imperative’ spending remained within allocation – but there was little surprise when it didn’t
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