The Irish Times view on the digital wallet: a solution seeking a problem
The likely uses for the wallet remain unclear
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises
Money, no matter how many billions are involved, is the least important part of what is really at stake in the pay talks
How will the Government’s Digital Wallet work?
Following a pilot period with up to 10,000 users, the Digital Wallet could eventually store your driving licence, passport and birth cert
Civil Service needs more staff with deep expertise and specialist skills, not generalists
Time is ripe to follow UK lead and hire for roles that offer specialists a career pathway and professional development
If you get up at a ridiculous hour to sit in horrendous traffic, there may be good news in the budget
But you might not want to get too excited
Pressure over Government spending cuts likely to fuel tensions at Cabinet
Black hole in Department of Education funding has led to €446m levy
New public services digital wallet has security and privacy issues, say campaigners
Government app criticised for ‘weak’ security and ‘opaque’ governance and reliance on MyGovID for verification
Ireland’s new digital wallet could store driving licence, birth cert and passport
The use of the app will not be compulsory and older forms of ID will still be usable
Tusla reports ‘unprecedented demand’ as referrals pass 100,000 for first time
Emotional abuse was most common concern, accounting for 45% of all reports made to agency
Nurses and university lecturers latest public sector groups to ballot for industrial action
IFUT union says Government allowed recent pay deal to expire ‘without a credible process to replace it’
Three departments face closer supervision after exceeding budgets
Health, Education and Children subject to ‘special measures’ involving oversight from Department of Public Expenditure officials
Department ‘not keen’ on increasing cost-rental State funding, says Housing Agency
System for providing home for low and middle income workers facing growing financial viability risks in Dublin
Department of Justice accused Government of ‘knowingly under-resourcing’ EU presidency budget
Department of Justice said Government was ‘knowingly under-resourcing’ EU presidency budget, internal emails show
‘It’s part of the dance’: State and union sides posture over new public-service pay deal
Industrial action threats mounting since accord expired in June, but Coalition will want to know exposure before Budget 2027
Department of Transport ‘wants to avoid’ MetroLink costs spiralling like children’s hospital
Official says cost of project connecting city centre to airport will cost ‘well north’ of initial €9.5bn estimate
Public sector unions preparing for possible industrial action ballots over pay talks
Move comes after exploratory meetings between Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Department of Public Expenditure failed to reach deal
Several candidates turned down An Coimisiún Pleanála chair role over low fee
Department of Housing sought sanction to raise €20,500 fee to €50,000 to address conflict of interest issue
‘Pennywise and billions foolish’: Infrastructure chief criticises historic State approach to big projects
Climate legislation was well-intentioned but ‘just gave rope’ to serial objectors, says Sean O’Driscoll
Public service unions urged to enter talks on new pay agreement
Existing deal, which expired on Tuesday, saw public servants receive increases of more than 10%
Former head of Coillte and Glen Dimplex Fergal Leamy to become next chief executive of An Post
Finding replacement for David McRedmond has strained relations between company and parent department
Department of Public Expenditure objected to adding 190 staff to energy and water regulator
Department warned it would create more red tape and make it even harder to deliver infrastructure
Luas Finglas line could begin construction in 2028, Minister says
Cabinet expected to consider plans to authorise the next phase of the Dublin MetroLink project in mid-July
Dublin’s historic James Weir Home to remain in State hands
Early 20th century structure had provided nursing accommodation for decades before closure in 2021
Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief
Education spending, electric bus fleet and Children’s Sciene Museum among issues rounded on by committee
Dublin council chief wanted ‘generational civil servant’ Robert Watt for €280,000-a-year secondment
Former Department of Health secretary general appointed to €280,000 role without competitive process as it was a secondment
State appeals ruling it breached Constitution by refusing spouse’s pension to bereaved partner
Minister argues case could have significant impact on private contractual arrangements and employer planning
Department of Health faces task to find €175m in savings to offset overspending in education
Labour TD Ged Nash says the way details of sums involved are being presented by Ministers ‘is anything but transparent’
Government exceeds annual budget by average of €5.1bn since 2023
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council rebukes Department of Public Expenditure for poor budgeting
‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Department of Public Expenditure to pay up to €8,500 a month on help to sell infrastructure plan
‘Independent analysis and research support’ for department currently cracking down on overspends elsewhere
Delivering new cost of disability payment will be ‘so challenging’, Minister tells summit
‘We still live in a very ableist society’, one wheelchair user tells event, saying employment will not reduce costs
Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped
Caps on scheme would be ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin
Chambers tries to play bad cop on spending while corporate tax receipts flow in
Spending last year came in €4bn beyond what the Government sanctioned in previous budget
Ministers face new budget curbs in overspending crackdown
Expenditure control framework to be finalised shortly by Department of Public Expenditure
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