Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 6 July 2011 |
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters |
Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 53°20′21″N 6°15′13″W / 53.33917°N 6.25361°W |
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| Department executive |
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| Website |
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The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Irish: An Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform who is assisted by one Minister of State.
The department was established in July 2011.[1] The department took over the functions of Public Expenditure from the Department of Finance. The department of Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for overseeing the reform of the Public Sector. The Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012–14 set a spending ceiling for the department of €837 million for the year 2013, and €826 million for the year 2014.[2]
Departmental team
The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 2. The departmental team consists of the following:
- Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform: Paschal Donohoe, TD
- Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Public Procurement and International Banking: TBA, TD
- Secretary General of the Department: Robert Watt
Overview
The department took over two of the six divisions within the Department of Finance. They are:
- Public Expenditure Division – to establish and review short-term and medium-term current and capital public expenditure targets
- Organisation, Management and Training Division – has overall responsibility for the management and development of the civil service
The department currently has 9 divisions:[3]
- Expenditure Policy Evaluation and Management
- Expenditure Policy and State Assets
- Expenditure Policy Lottery/EU/Internal Audit
- Remuneration and Industrial Relations
- Government Reform and Civil Service HR
- CMOD and eGovernment
- Public Service Reform and Delivery
- Procurement
- Human Resources
Functions
The functions of the department are set out in the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 which transfers to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the functions of the Minister for Finance relating to public expenditure, public service pay etc., and public service modernisation.[4]
The Act is supplemented by two orders, the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (SI No. 418 of 2011) which transfers a large number of specific statutory functions from Finance to the Department,[5] and the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (SI No. 480 of 2011) which adds a limited further list to the statutory functions transferred.[6] In addition, in 2012 the Statute Law Revision Programme was transferred to the Department from the Office of the Attorney General.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "S.I. No. 401/2011 – Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011". Irish Statute Book. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ↑ "Expenditure Report 2013" (PDF). Department of Finance.
- ↑ http://per.gov.ie/organisation-chart/
- ↑ "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011". Irish Statute Book. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "S.I. No. 418/2011 – Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011". Irish Statute Book. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "S.I. No. 480/2011 – Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011". Irish Statute Book. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/The-Statute-Law-Revision-Programme.pdf