22 May, 2023

Policy Evaluation in the Era of Covid-19

2023-05-22T14:44:05+01:00May 22nd, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Policy Evaluation in the Era of Covid-19

This is a timely book for policy evaluators, policy makers and politicians. They will want to know how did the policy evaluation process perform during the Covid pandemic? How were evaluation practices and values affected? This blog will give you flavour of the answers. To get a comprehensive view you need […]

11 Apr, 2023

Significant Changes in the Public Spending Code

2023-04-11T14:38:29+01:00April 11th, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Significant Changes in the Public Spending Code

Significant changes were recently announced for the Public Spending Code. And more changes are on the way. Minister Pascal Donohue shared this information in a recent Press Release. More detailed information appeared on an official circular from his department. That department has now been given the enhanced title of the […]

28 Feb, 2023

Good Public Policies require good evidence

2023-02-28T12:39:11+00:00February 28th, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Good Public Policies require good evidence

Making public policy has never been easy. And it is getting more difficult. The amount of information to be considered by policy makers can be overwhelming. and ever more complex. Moreover, policy makers are often being pushed to produce ‘early policies’, after being bombarded by unfounded ‘facts’. There is no […]

21 Feb, 2023

Update: The Public Spending Code

2023-02-21T10:40:51+00:00February 21st, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Update: The Public Spending Code

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regularly updates the Public Spending Code to ensure that it continues to reflect current best practice in project appraisal and evaluation. On 19 January 2023, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Pascal Donoghue gave the most recent update on the Code, in […]

9 Feb, 2023

Why third-level fees were abolished in Ireland

2023-02-09T11:10:52+00:00February 9th, 2023|Blog, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Why third-level fees were abolished in Ireland

Niamh Bhreathnach recounts the decision-making process that led to the end of university fees during her tenure as Minister for Education in the 1990s

 Why the abolition of fees?

A commitment in the Fianna Fail and Labour Party Programme for a Partnership Government, published in 1993, promised […]

9 Feb, 2023

Eulogy for Niamh Bhreathnach

2023-02-10T09:01:07+00:00February 9th, 2023|Blog, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Eulogy for Niamh Bhreathnach

A Uachtaráin, fearaim fáilte romhat.

Bishop Walsh,

Monsignor O’Connor

Fr O’Connor and Fr Conway, thank you for today’s celebration.

 

I welcome our family, our friends, the many colleagues from across the political spectrum

and those participating today online

Niamh and I were married here in this very church[1] over 53 years ago. We […]

26 Jul, 2022

Irish Times: College Green civic plaza project ‘halted’ due to EU procurement rules

2022-07-26T14:20:52+01:00July 26th, 2022|Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Irish Times: College Green civic plaza project ‘halted’ due to EU procurement rules

This article is originally from The Irish Times.

College Green civic plaza project ‘halted’ due to EU procurement rules, council says

Decision made to re-advertise for architects due to extension of traffic-free zone

 

The contract to design a new […]

25 Jul, 2022

Silicon Republic: These are the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce

2022-07-25T14:12:21+01:00July 25th, 2022|Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Silicon Republic: These are the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce

This article is originally from the Silicon Republic website. View the original article here.

Hays’ Yvonne Smyth explores why employers should be doing more to hire and support neurodiverse employees.

Diversity and inclusion have been major areas of focus for many organisations in recent years, and for good reason. A 

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