Analysis
Daniel McConnell: ‘Mixed bag’ of state spending signals difficult budget ahead for Paschal Donohoe
Health remains the problem child as departments are warned to stay on target
Publication of the April exchequer returns figures on Friday presented a decidedly ‘mixed bag’ in terms of how the State’s finances are being spent.
As my colleague Sarah Collins reported on BusinessPost.ie on Friday, the announcement of the figures carried for the second month in a row, a pointed warning from Paschal Donohoe, the public expenditure minister, to departments to keep spending under control.
After a rocky start to the year when current spending ran ...
