‘Completely unworkable’: Plans for Sipo to enforce lobbyists’ cooling-off periods criticised
Sipo said offences would be better dealt with through the courts, but the Department rejected this approach, saying it could have a ‘chilling effect’
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to begin formal government coalition talks on Wednesday
Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael close on some issues but last mile to government formation could be hardest
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
Leo Varadkar says many in politics do not understand numbers or percentages
Former taoiseach urged doctors not to ‘sell themselves short’ in pay negotiations with the government
Budget 2025: Opposition calls for election as Coalition defends budget ‘bonanza’ in face of fierce criticism
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
Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cuts
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
Flippin’ ‘learnings’, they turn up like a bad penny whenever another billion is flushed down the pan
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
Hiring election staff at short notice becoming ‘increasingly difficult’, TDs and Senators told
Dublin City returning officer says almost full employment in Ireland means recruitment is ‘becoming more challenging’
Taoiseach plans all-powerful Department of Infrastructure. What could go wrong?
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
Government departments criticised over failure to engage with Labour Court in WRC staff pay row
Department of Enterprise and Employment and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform urged to re-engage in dispute over adjudicating officers
HSE directed to suppress senior post to compensate for role created for children’s hospital ex-chief
Reassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicate
Firefighters, prison officers and military personnel can work for longer under new legislation
New legislation on retirement age for uniformed State employees to be commenced on Monday by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe
State approved €550,000 salary for MetroLink chief after warning of potential risk to project
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’
Revenue Commissioners will have no role in collecting television licence fee
It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered
RTÉ funding: Government close to agreeing deal retaining TV licence fee and providing exchequer support
Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media
Former An Bord Pleanála official received €212k exit payout
Rachel Kenny got severance after it was found she had ‘no case to answer’ in relation to conflict of interest claims
Review of CEO pay in commercial State firms looks at rates in private sector
High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talent
New report raises questions about State support for one-off housing
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
Reintroduction of planning permission appeals may reduce legal challenges to large developments
Report by Department of Public Expenditure says under strategic housing development initiative judicial review process may have been acting as ‘pseudo-appeals mechanism’
Department of Public Expenditure repeatedly rejects Tusla’s request for special care staff allowance increase
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
Who is Michael McGrath? Father-of-seven and former accountant’s long political career leads to Europe
Minister for Finance spends as much time on the sidelines as he can watching his children’s sporting exploits
UL president’s move to new post raises questions about property cost debacle
Prof Kerstin Mey not leaving university but changing to senior academic role
Ireland’s model for attracting ‘big tech’ investment is looking frayed
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
Gardaí retiring from November will have to make ‘false declaration’ they are available for work - GRA
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
Budget-busting HSE continues to make money men bristle despite efforts to rein in spending
Department of Health told it was ‘imperative’ spending remained within allocation – but there was little surprise when it didn’t
Retail and hospitality businesses in line for cash injection worth thousands
New enterprise support package expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday
Gardaí, military, fire and prison staff say they face years without their full pensions after retirement
Coalition of representative bodies seeks Government to re-introduce supplementary pension to bridge gap until State pension age
HSE tells suppliers it can ‘no longer sustain’ price increases
HSE officers issues letter saying price increases hitting funds needed for patient care ‘in a growing challenging environment’
How long more is the Government going to cling to the fiction that 30,000 new homes is enough?
Current targets are based on published population projections from the 2016 census. Unfortunately, those projections are a serious underestimate
HSE attempts to pay substantial exit package to former top executive led to Government row
Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show
HSE chief executive warned of ‘grave consequences’ if senior official’s exit package was not approved
Newly-released files reveal disagreement behind the scenes over package to Dean Sullivan
Concern at ‘sustainability’ of health spending after 15% increase in first quarter
Health service argues there has been a further increase in demand for hospital services while measures to tackle expenditure are under way
Highly paid, but highly scrutinised - the top civil servants at the helm of Government departments
Most of the top mandarins running Government departments were educated in public schools, with some attending college at night or later in their career
Unions call for prompt payment of public sector pay increases after deal is ratified
Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour
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