Public body

Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

What this means

  • The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform controls how public money is spent and allocates budgets across all government departments.[source]
  • It oversees delivery of the National Development Plan and leads reform of the public service, making it central to how taxpayer money is invested in infrastructure.[source]
  • The Department sets the management rules for all government departments, including the responsibilities of Secretaries General for running their organisations.[source]
  • It sets spending limits for other departments, such as delegated sanction limits for staffing and administration at the Department of Health.[source]
  • A current commitment under the Programme for Government is to establish a new infrastructure delivery and reform function, which is still in progress.[source]
  • David Moloney was appointed Secretary General of the Department, making him the senior official accountable for its day-to-day operations.[source]

Direct impact (8)

Indirect impact (10)

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Accountability scores

Fiscal stewardship

Body score · method accountability-2.0.0 · as of 2026-05-23

1 budget votes0 with outturnCoverage 0% — not yet verifiable

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  • Vote 11 — Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (2025)€270.0m
    outturn not publishedvariance n/aunverifiableno published outturn: excluded from stewardship rate, lowers coverage

Statutory mandates (2)

Responsible for 1 commitment

Relationships

Outgoing (1)

  • Set by
    Department of HealthBodyMeadows 5: rules-of-systemSource: ministerial guidance

    Delegated sanction limits for administrative and staffing matters at Dept of Health are set by Dept of Public Expenditure under DPER circulars rather than primary legislation; changeable without an Act, hence high leverage.

Incoming (0)

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Budget votes (1)

  • Vote 11Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (2025)allocation €270.0m · outturn not published

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