Government Spending

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<p>The IDA said its spend on legal consultancy regarding FOI was split between six separate firms, the highest-remunerated of which was Byrne Wallace which received €105,502. File picture: Denis Minihane</p>

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IDA spends €165k on legal consultancy for just 13 FOIs

The IDA said it had relied on external law firms because of the 'existing workload' of its own internal legal team

<p>The Central Bank warned that discretionary Government spending increases or tax cuts outside of its own 5% spending rule would add significantly to demand and inflation in the coming years. File Picture: iStock</p>

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Central Bank urges caution on budget spending

<p> Tánaiste Leo Varadakar TD during a session of Dáil Eireann at the Convention Centre, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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Government use of Convention Centre cost almost €500k in one month

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€7bn July stimulus aims to 'protect as many jobs as possible'

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Govt departments spent over €780k attending ploughing championships this year

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Tánaiste: Govt not using 'magic money' to pay for children's hospital overruns

Report into cost children's hospital overspend 'damning indictment' of process, FF leader says

There are growing calls for accountability over the massive children's hospital overspend following the damning PWC report on the handling of the project.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2019

Senior politicians deserve full protection of proper security detail

Cabinet ministers should have their Garda drivers reinstated immediately. The decision on ministers losing this security detail was taken during the height of the recession.

Fri, 15 Feb, 2019

Four in five Irish people believe the government aren't spending enough money on homelessness

A new poll shows that almost 80% of Irish people believe the government is spending too little on addressing homelessness, and 45% would pay more taxes to help fix the problem.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2018

Taoiseach defends Michael D’s use of jet, says cost is 'very small'

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended President Michael D Higgins’ decision to use the Government’s Learjet to fly to Belfast, saying the near €6,000 cost is “actually very small”.

Wed, 24 Oct, 2018

Government spends €100k on social media adverts

The Government has spent almost €100,000 on a string of social media advertising and marketing campaigns since the start of the year in a bid to win over new voters and cement its poll lead on rivals.

Tue, 31 Jul, 2018