Long Covid support scheme to end this month, Minister for Health confirms
Labour Court recommends scheme be extended for a further six months
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Ireland needs to ditch empty promises and economic fairy tales and start confronting reality
Official documents seem to exist in some kind of parallel universe, with no expectation that targets can be met
Another week, another war: Trump pivots from America first to talk of a bunker buster
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: AIB buys back all its shares, while politicians tear strips off Children’s Health Ireland representatives in front of an Oireachtas committee
Micheál Martin and Paschal Donohoe are responsible for this Government’s lethargy
They have power, but seem unwilling to introduce cultural change and fiscal discipline
Minister admonished for bringing ‘substantial’ issues to Cabinet without telling colleagues
Failed Arts Council IT project one of two issues brought to Cabinet ‘under the arm’, senior official said
Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?
New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review
Ireland’s urgent need to overhaul its climate policies laid bare by new projections
Opinion: ‘Yes, scaling is hard to do, so we had better do what we know already works and what we are good at delivering’
Department objected to Government’s ‘housing tsar’ amid concerns over pay and recruitment
McDonagh withdrew from consideration after possibility he might retain €430,000 salary
Chambers refused to back open-ended RTÉ redundancy scheme, documents show
Department of Public Expenditure set out several conditions for voluntary exits at broadcaster
Minister set to push for extension of artists’ income scheme
About 2,000 artists have been allocated €325 a week in pilot funding since 2022
‘Lowballing’ for big public projects to be tackled by new Dáil infrastructure committee
Seán Fleming says practice undermines public confidence, as actual cost of projects is a multiple of estimate
AI in Irish civil service: Major differences in how Government departments approach issue, survey shows
Some embracing artificial intelligence and others avoiding its use, at least for now
Prison service negotiated with bishop rather than unions on new pay structure for chaplains
Two-tier remuneration system for those appointed before and after 2015 should be ended, arbitration board rules
Castletown House: Vandals cause more than €500,000 of damage amid dispute over right-of-way access
Campaigners who want the full opening of access to Castletown House in Kildare are shocked at alarming turn of events
Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding
€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister
Housing crisis: Proposals to boost LDA’s remit under consideration to boost housing output
Government considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projects
Curb education ‘overspending’ before lowering class sizes, officials warn
More than 50,000 pupils are in ‘supersized’ classes with 30 children or more
Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlook
Internal Department of Housing report set out 10 selected 2024 forecasts, with all but two below 40,000
There is one risk to Ireland’s future progress that dwarfs even pandemics, terrorism and tariffs
The ‘hidden curriculum’ of nod and wink in the civil service leads to widespread disregard for public money
Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern
Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes
RTÉ’s voluntary redundancy scheme approved by Government
Programme that could see up to 400 staff leave the broadcaster RTÉ was held up by requests for more information about terms
Cost of long-delayed Dublin Airport Metrolink could rise to more than €23bn, Minister told
Briefing for Darragh O’Brien warns true cost of link between Swords, Dublin Airport and city centre will only be known at procurement stage
Government funding row stalls delivery of up to 5,000 social and affordable homes
Approved Housing Bodies say they have been waiting over six months to start work on projects because department refuses to sign off on funding
Learner drivers face having to start again if they have more than four permits without passing a test
Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien advises changes must be made to learner permit regime for sake of road safety
‘Extensive planning’ to combat possible damage from US tariffs happening across Government - Chambers
Trump has promised that tariffs on EU imports are on the way due to ‘trade imbalances’
New supports needed as energy bills set to rise further, officials warn
Official source notes 10% and 24% of electricity and gas customers respectively in arrears
Irish electricity prices, already Europe’s highest, may rise further due to ‘required investment’
Officials also warn ageing population poses long-term risk to Government spending sustainability
State’s housing investment ‘not sustainable’ as homebuilding grows, officials warned
Relying on exchequer grants to deliver climate and energy targets not sustainable in long term, department said
Social Protection rises or cost-of-living measures along lines of recent years ‘will not be needed in future’
Gap between state pension and inflation has narrowed, but the purchasing power of the payment to pensioners has weakened, officials told senior politicians
Shredding public sector waste set to cost €7m under new contract
Service will cover paper and ‘non-paper items’ such as SIM cards, USB flash drives, laptops and uniforms
‘Too many’ unentitled asylum applicants, says Minister, signalling cut in supports
Cutting Ukrainian hosting payment will ‘push people into homelessness’, say advocacy groups
Judge sends transcripts of care hearings to government officials in bid to end ‘emergency’ over vulnerable children
Young people, some in danger of sexual exploitation, are not being taken into care despite High Court orders
Only certain ministerial job appointments so far are the five Independent TDs
Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday
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