15 Sep, 2023

Strengthening the Regulatory Impact Assessment Process in Ireland

2023-09-15T11:01:47+01:00September 15th, 2023|Blog, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Strengthening the Regulatory Impact Assessment Process in Ireland

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) provides its member governments with much advice over a range of policy areas. As a member of the Paris-based Club, Ireland also benefits from such OECD advice. A recent example relates to the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Process. The advice appears in […]

10 Aug, 2023

Rising Stars How to engage & Develop ‘Generation Y’

2023-08-10T15:21:11+01:00August 10th, 2023|Blog, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Rising Stars How to engage & Develop ‘Generation Y’

Dr Mary Collins, Chartered Coaching Psychologist


Mary is a Chartered Psychologist, Author and Executive Coach who has been working in the Leadership Development/Talent Management field for 20 years. Her current role as Senior […]

4 Aug, 2023

OECD challenges Ireland to enhance Public Policy Evaluation and Implementation

2023-08-04T10:37:43+01:00August 4th, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on OECD challenges Ireland to enhance Public Policy Evaluation and Implementation

The recent OECD’s report, entitled “Strengthening Policy Development in the Irish Public Sector in Ireland”, contains many challenges for the Irish Authorities. 6724d155-en.pdf (oecd-ilibrary.org) . The report was funded by the European Union and was completed with the full co-operation of key Government Departments. At the heart of the […]

12 Jul, 2023

Thoughts on Department of Health Data Gathering – Prime Time Investigates

2023-07-12T14:55:36+01:00July 12th, 2023|Blog, GDPR, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Thoughts on Department of Health Data Gathering – Prime Time Investigates

On June 16th, 2023, The Data Protection Commission (DPC) completed their inquiry into certain aspects of the Department of Health’s processing of personal data in 29 litigation files. The inquiry was commenced following public allegations made in 2021 that the Department had unlawfully collected and processed personal data about plaintiffs […]

11 Jul, 2023

Corporate Governance in the spotlight

2023-07-11T10:50:03+01:00July 11th, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News, Topical news Stories|Comments Off on Corporate Governance in the spotlight

All the bruhaha about RTE, has brought the spotlight onto corporate governance. The reality is that all State Sponsored bodies are required to “do” corporate governance. This article list what they are required to “do” by way of corporate governance. In short, they are supposed to be implementing all of […]

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 […]

30 Jan, 2023

Is there a need for Public Spending Reviews?

2023-01-30T12:35:09+00:00January 30th, 2023|Blog, Corporate Governance, News|Comments Off on Is there a need for Public Spending Reviews?

Taxpayers like to know where their money is spent. Most importantly they want to know if their money is being spent well. Although there are no simple ways of providing all-embracing answers to these questions, the Government uses several different techniques to examine public expenditure. They include Value for Money […]

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