Pay for the country's top civil servants should be reviewed given an ongoing difficulty in attracting talent despite earning €200,000 and more a year, the Public Service Pay Commission has found.

The spend on new school buildings has seen a cut following Budget 2020 despite an additional allocation of €300 million to the Department of Education.

An alternative method for applying for the new National Childcare Scheme online, other than the public services card, was dramatically dropped on the advice of a State body with responsibility for the card’s expansion in January 2018.

The Data Protection Commission found there was NO legal basis for the issuing of PSCs for the purposes of transactions between individuals and state bodies other than the Department of Social Protection.

There is a strong likelihood the country’s military officers will reject the Public Service Pay Commission’s (PSPC) “paltry set of recommendations for increased allowances” unless the Government acts swiftly to address key issues highlighted by the association which represents them.

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is "imperative" that the Government open a public consultation on how future redress schemes should operate.

RACO, the association representing Defence Forces officers, has postponed a decision on accepting increased allowances offered in the Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) report until it hosts a series of roadshows for its members at military installations.

Considerable disruption to hospital appointments is still likely today despite the suspension of a planned 24-hour work stoppage by 10,000 health support workers.

The lottery watchdog has defended raising concerns about online betting on the outcome of lotto draws - despite the practice being legal and outside her remit.

Three in five nurses have voted to accept Labour Court proposals aimed at resolving a dispute that triggered three days of strike action earlier this year.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and not the Department of Health, is dictating the delivery of healthcare in Ireland, according to the outgoing president of the Irish Medical Organisation.

The chair of the Public Accounts Committee wants BAM to appear before them to answer questions on the rising cost of the National Children’s Hospital.

A scheme to help young people deal with mental health issues is being “blocked” by the Department of Public Expenditure, it can be revealed.

After almost a year of argument, inside the Dail and out, over the merits of a referendum on the public ownership of water, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar shut down the debate in the way only he can.

Hiring six senior accountants for the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) took more than two years amid chaos over getting the jobs approved and advertised.

People who claimed the conservation grant but did not pay water charges will not “gain financially” over households that paid, Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has said.

Public service workers are being warned that upcoming talks on a new pay increase will be more complicated, because unions will not only have to convince the Government, but also the opposition.

Fine Gael is considering the scrapping of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). This move would come about as part of a Cabinet reshuffle in the event of Enda Kenny’s departure as Taoiseach.

The association which represents ordinary ranks in the Defence Forces has taken a case to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in an attempt to end ‘yellow pack’ pay for privates who enlisted after 2013.

Experts warned against it and the opposition predicted that universal health insurance (UHI) would never get off the ground.

Most government department websites still told the public yesterday that they must pay €15 for some freedom of information (FOI) requests — three weeks after the charges were dropped.

A calendar quirk will bring an extra payday for thousands of workers and social welfare recipients in 2015 and add €200m to the cost of running the country.

More than 42,000 teachers have yet to undergo Garda vetting, but plans to bridge the gap could be restricted by Government staffing restrictions on the body responsible.