- Read more: Guidelines for the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service
The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform has published: ‘Guidelines for the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service’. The guidelines contain examples of how AI is already being used across public services, including: The Guidelines are available to download here.
- Read more: How We Track Public Spending
A significant part of the Constitution of Ireland sets out how public money is to be managed. Article 10 is about the state’s ownership of natural resources. Article 11 sets up the central fund for state revenue. Article 17 gives the Dáil the imperative to consider the estimates of receipts and expenditure of the state…
- Read more: Public Spending and the Choices Facing the Next Government
Ireland has six political parties that might plausibly form part of a government, and none of them has an agenda to raise taxes to any significant degree. Most of them probably agree with the plan to slowly raise social insurance (the rate is going up by 0.1 percentage points in October 2024) and those leaning…
- Read more: An Introduction to Ireland’s Public Spending Explained 2024
The last time Ireland intensively scrutinised public spending was when the economy had collapsed in 2008. The scale of the national debt and loss of tax revenue at the time threatened the financial ruin of the state. That was not the best environment in which to consider where the state spends money and what we…
- Read more: OECD Report: Strengthening Policy Development in the Public Sector in Ireland
The OECD has published a report that analyses the policy development process in Ireland, including the gaps, strengths, areas of opportunity and areas of action in the policy development system and further recommendations to improve policymaking. The report is available to read here.
- Read more: Public Service Numbers and Pay: from austerity to recovery
During the Great Recession (2008-12) a key emphasis of government policy focused on reducing public service numbers and pay. This led to total employment in the public service falling by 33,000, from 325,000 in 2008 to 292,000 in 2013
