The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is a department

Department of State (Ireland)

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 of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is the senior minister at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the Government of Ireland....

 who is assisted by one Minister of State

Minister of State (Ireland)

A Minister of State in Ireland is of non-Cabinet rank, attached to one or more Departments of State of the Government of Ireland....

.

The Department was established in July 2011. The Department took over the functions of Public Expenditure from the Department of Finance

Department of Finance (Ireland)

The Department of Finance is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Finance and is assisted by one Minister of State....

. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for overseeing the reform of the Public Sector.

Departmental team

The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Government Buildings

Government Buildings

Government Buildings is a large Edwardian building enclosing a quadrangle on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland, in which several key offices of the government of Ireland are located...

, Merrion Street

Merrion Street

Merrion Street is a major Georgian street on the southside of Dublin, Ireland which runs along one side of Merrion Square. The garden entrance of Leinster House is located on the street, as is Irish Government Buildings, formerly the Royal College of Science for Ireland...

, Dublin 2. The departmental team consists of the following:

• Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
  Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
  The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is the senior minister at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the Government of Ireland....
  
  : Brendan Howlin
  Brendan Howlin
  Brendan Howlin is an Irish Labour Party politician who has served as a Teachta Dála for Wexford since 1987. Currently the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, he previously served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Health.-Early life:Born into a highly...
  
  , TD
  Teachta Dála
  A Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...
  
  
  • Minister of State for Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works
    Office of Public Works
    The Office of Public Works is a State Agency of the Department of Finance in the Republic of Ireland...
    
    : Brian Hayes
    Brian Hayes (politician)
    Brian Hayes is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South West constituency and also the Minister of State at the Department of Finance.-Early life:...
    
    , 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

External links

• Department of Public Expenditure and Reform