Portfolio rowled to split of Finance
The plan to split the Department of Finance emerged during the Fine Gael-Labour coalition talks after disagreement over which party should occupy the key finance portfolio.
The plan to split the Department of Finance emerged during the Fine Gael-Labour coalition talks after disagreement over which party should occupy the key finance portfolio.
Labour was determined to avoid a situation where the two central government departments, the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance, were both held by Fine Gael ministers.
Senior party figures believe that such a situation could result in Labour being excluded from key budgetary and economic...
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