Statutory mandate

Control and allocation of public expenditure

What this means

  • The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is a government department responsible for managing how public money is spent in Ireland.[source]
  • Its legal basis comes from the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011, which established its powers and responsibilities.[source]
  • The department decides how much money each government department receives through a process called Estimates, directly shaping what public services get funded.[source]
  • It also oversees delivery of the National Development Plan, which covers major infrastructure and capital investment projects across Ireland.[source]
  • The department leads public service reform, meaning it works to improve how government bodies operate and deliver services to citizens.[source]
  • Because it controls the allocation of public funds, this department plays a central role in financial accountability across the entire Irish public sector.[source]

Direct impact (1)

Indirect impact (7)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • duty held by body → is set by2-hop via dept-expenditure
  • duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-expenditure
  • duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-expenditure
  • duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation2-hop via dept-expenditure
    Frankie FeighanOfficeholder
  • duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation2-hop via dept-expenditure
    Jack ChambersOfficeholder
  • duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation2-hop via dept-expenditure
    Kevin Boxer MoranOfficeholder
  • duty held by body → holds role: Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform2-hop via dept-expenditure
    David MoloneyOfficeholder

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Relationship map

One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Duty

The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform manages the public expenditure framework, allocates departmental Estimates, oversees delivery of the National Development Plan and leads public service reform.

Legislative references

  • Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011

Linked commitments (0)

No commitments are linked to this mandate.

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