“I think we’re very well served, actually, by the lobbying registration system that we have.”
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says that NGO lobbying in Ireland is “done transparently”, and that “we get that balance right”.
“This continues to underline the concerns that people have.”
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, who is a TD for the Stoneybatter area, reacts to what he called a “terrible” attack over the weekend:
Paschal Donohoe defends Fine Gael’s tens of billions in increased State spending.
#GE24 Ben Scallan asked Fine Gael Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe if an Irish “Department of Government Efficiency” would be worth considering. Donohoe shot down the idea: “Our State, overall, does serve our country well…[it] does much of its work efficiently.”
Paschal Donohoe responds to a question from Daniel Murray of the Sunday Business Post about Fine Gael’s spending plans and the underlying deficit of billions in its spending plans when windfall corporate tax receipts are excluded.
“[They] are doing really difficult work.”
“It’s essential.”
Also: the usual McGuirk Trump Derangement Syndrome, Paschal and Israel, and the alleged organised torture of a woman in Dublin.
Gript’s Ben Scallan asks Public Expenditure Minister what “lessons” exactly have been learned from successive cost overruns on State projects. #Budget2025
Paschal Donohoe