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Editorial: Crises can’t be used by government to abandon checks and balances around spending

While the government has had to spend billions of euro on emergency supports, it is concerning that Dáil oversight rules were ignored as large sums of money were transferred between government departments
  • Business Post
  • February 12, 2023
Politics

Senior official to encourage whistleblowing at Department of Reform

Role first mooted at department last October ahead of new legislation coming into force
  • Cónal Thomas
  • January 12, 2023
Infrastructure

Government to review spending rules as concern mounts over delayed projects

Lengthy checks and balances are being blamed by ministers for slowing down large public infrastructure projects costing over €100 million
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 31, 2022
Transparency

Department considers ‘whistleblowing champion’ ahead of new disclosures law

Senior-level official ‘to promote speak-up culture’ within Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
  • Cónal Thomas
  • December 17, 2022
Politics

State spends €517m on public inquiries since 1997

The cost of tribunals and commissions of investigation has totalled more than half a billion euro in the last 25 years
  • Donal MacNamee
  • December 16, 2022
Health Tapes

New recordings: The ‘car crash’ Covid spending that was ‘as big a sin as it gets’

The HSE was unable to explain why it committed to spending €770 million on personal protective equipment when it had only been given sanction to spend €205 million
  • Aaron Rogan
  • July 9, 2022

State spending watchdog will use budget boost to deliver audits in ‘timely’ manner

Review of Comptroller and Auditor General found ‘gaps and shortfalls’ that led to delays in carrying out its remit
  • Michael Brennan
  • April 24, 2022

Tony O’Brien: How to pay the healthcare piper when the Covid cash dries up?

To merely maintain existing levels of healthcare services, we will need to spend €750 million more than we did in 2019
  • Tony O'Brien
  • August 22, 2021

McGrath: spending all of €10.8bn capital budget will be ‘challenging’

The Minister for Public Expenditure says the issue has been caused in part by the impact of the three-month construction shutdown
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 16, 2021

Donohoe under pressure to allow outsiders apply for top Finance job

Department’s €212,000-a-year secretary general post restricted to civil service candidates as a ‘level one’ appointment
  • Aiden Corkery
  • May 2, 2021

Government planning Brexit bailout for food exporters in event of no deal

Coveney: focus of help should be on maintaining market share in UK. ‘Naive’ to think Britain will come back to the table at a later date
  • Aiden Corkery,
  • Roisin Burkeand
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 13, 2020

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