The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., was amongst Ministerial heads of State and Presidential participants from over 70 countries from across the world who […]
Minister Harris announces OGP legal services tender competition
Simon Harris TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for Public Procurement, today (27th Oct 2015) announced that the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) has launched a public procurement competition […]
27 – 30 Oct 2015
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Second Stage of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015 (FEMPI) completed in the Dáil. Committee Stage is scheduled for 4 November.
On […]
Appointment of Open Data Governance Board (ODGB)
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform appoints Open Data Governance Board
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin T.D., today (23 October 2015) announced the appointment of […]
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015
Closing Statement by Minister of State, Ann Phelan T.D.
I thank the Deputies for their contributions and their support for this legislation.
The Bill before you is not a lengthy one, […]
Speech by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015 Second Stage, Dáil Éireann, 20 October 2015
A Cheann Comhairle, Members of the House,
I move the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015.
This Bill seeks to implement the provisions agreed in the Lansdowne Road […]
Freedom of Information
“If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?”
As much as for a sport as intensely competitive as American football, ‘keeping the score’ is […]
19 – 23 Oct 2015
This Week in PER
Minister Howlin addressed members of the Leinster Society Chartered Accountants and guests this afternoon.
The Management Board meeting took place today and Minister Howlin and Secretary General Watt will […]
Speech by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform at the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants Lunch, 19 October 2015
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for your kind invitation to attend this event.
As you are no doubt aware, last Tuesday I co-presented Budget 2016. This is the Government’s fifth budget […]
Minister Howlin announces Model Publication Scheme under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 & extension of FOI to a number of public bodies
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin T.D., today (14 October 2015) announced the publication of the Model Publication Scheme under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act […]





