Today Minister Jack Chambers TD attended the launch of the INSPIRE Research Infrastructure Programme at Dunsink Observatory. Read the full Press Release Here: tinyurl.com/armvudyy

Statement by Minister Jack Chambers on Minister Paschal Donohoe’s Departure: "It has been an honour and a privilege to work alongside Minister Paschal Donohoe over the past 18 months as we worked to protect and grow our economy while navigating global economic uncertainty...

Take a look at our 'Behind the Scenes' video from @irldeptper.bsky.social as Minister Jack Chambers delivers Budget 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJoZ... For more info on this year's Budget and how it affects you, take a look at our website: lnkd.in/eZU3bEKs

Today Ministers Jack Chambers & Paschal Donohoe unveiled the Exchequer Returns. An Exchequer surplus of €1.4 billion was recorded to end-September. This compares to a surplus of €5.0 billion last year, a decline of €3.6 billion. Press Release: tinyurl.com/5ccs52ad

Today, Minister Jack Chambers attended the British Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC) Annual Conference. This year's conference was titled: ‘Together Through Change: UK–Ireland Partnership in an Age of Disruption’

Yesterday, Minister Jack Chambers attended the opening of the new Sage Advocacy offices at Merchants Quay, Dublin 8. Sage Advocacy is the National Advocacy Service for Older People in Ireland.

On Friday 19th September, Minister Jack Chambers gave the opening address at the annual Dublin Economics Workshop (DEW), which took place in Wexford. Minister Chambers speech was titled: ‘Delivering for the future: ensuring efficient and effective public investment’.

Congratulations to the OGCIO's Data Governance Unit who today won the Best Cross-Organisation Collaboration award at Irelands eGovernment Awards 2025! Congratulations to the entire team for leading the way in ethical and inclusive data governance!

Minister Jack Chambers today attended Acuity Ireland’s office opening in Penrose Dock, Cork. This is the opening of the company’s first office space in Ireland, announcing 100 jobs.

Dara Calleary TD, and Jack Chambers TD announced that funding of €35.75 million has been approved for Galway County Council to proceed with the Inis Oírr pier extension project, a flagship infrastructure project under the Government’s National Development Plan 🏗️

Minister Jack Chambers and Minister Paschal Donohoe today unveiled the latest exchequer returns. The returns show that tax receipts to end-July were up by €5.6 billion (10.8 per cent) on the same period last year.

Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy announces fund to support the integration and employment of people who have moved here as migrants. Up to €2.7 million available under the Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Programme. tinyurl.com/3kxsf9s8

Minister Jack Chambers met with members of The Executive Forum today at the The Merrion Hotel, Dublin for an interview with their Managing Director, Conor Morris.

Minister Jack Chambers T.D., has today published a report on the Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation processes that have taken place on accelerating the development of infrastructure 🏗️ To read the full report: tinyurl.com/2pdn9sv3

Government has today published the updated National Development Plan, with unprecedented levels of investment, to secure Ireland's future, unlock housing, upgrade water and energy infrastructure, deliver more roads, and provide better public transport.

My Future fund, the new auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme is coming. You pay in, your employer pays in, and the State tops it up. For more information visit gov.ie/AE #MyFutureFund

Taoiseach Micheál Martin today hosted the second annual Competitiveness Summit, in conjunction with Tánaiste Simon Harris, Minister Jack Chambers and Minister Peter Burke, to discuss the competitiveness challenges facing the Irish economy.

Minister Jack Chambers & Minister Paschal Donohoe, today unveiled the latest Exchequer Returns. Tax receipts of €49.5 billion were collected in the first six months of the year, up by €4.7 billion (10.5 per cent) To read the full Press Release: tinyurl.com/mx2fybat

Minister Jack Chambers and Minister Paschal Donohoe have today welcomed Ireland’s second payment under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Ireland will receive €1.15 billion in grants over the lifetime of the RRF.

Minister of State Emer Higgins, has congratulated the Civil Service ICT Apprenticeship Class of 2025 on their recent graduation, highlighting the important contribution they will make in strengthening digital capability across the public service.

Minister of State Emer Higgins was in Limerick today to engage with colleagues on the department's new people strategy, Elevate.

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service, Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers, are today hosting the National Economic Dialogue 2025 at Dublin Castle 🏰.

Minister Jack Chambers announces public consultation on infrastructure delivery. Share your views here: tinyurl.com/3ea9uyxk

From the 5th of June 2025 our Department will operate under our updated title – The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.

Minister Jack Chambers officially launched 20 housing units 🏡 in the heart of the thriving town of Ardee, County Louth today. The homes were delivered through the Council’s Housing Delivery Section utilising Social Housing Capital Investment Programme (SHCIP) funding.

Today, Minister Jack Chambers visited the ACEI Annual Conference 2025 🏗️ . The theme of the conference was 'Quantum Leap: Infrastructure and Housing Delivery in Ireland.'

Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers announced the winners of the 10th Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards (CSEIA) 🏆in Dublin Castle🏰last Thursday.

Minister Jack Chambers visited the Cystic Fibrosis Ward under construction at Beaumont Hospital to launch the public consultation for the Review of the National Development Plan. Full Press Release: tinyurl.com/yknwfvnt

On Wednesday 21 May, Minister Jack Chambers TD attended the informal General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting in Warsaw, Poland. This meeting, under the Policy presidency of the Council of the EU, was a strategic discussion of the priorities for Cohesion Policy post-2027.

Minister Jack Chambers launched the Civil Service People Standards Framework at the CIPD Ireland Annual Conference yesterday. The Framework is a career development tool for HR and defines the core knowledge, core behaviours and specialist knowledge required...

At an event in Dublin City Council today, Minister Jack Chambers launched: ‘Guidelines for the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service’.

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service, Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers TD today (6th May) published the Government’s Annual Progress Report for 2025.

Are you interested in the future direction of public procurement in Ireland? In May, the Office of Government Procurement are hosting a number of roadshows as part of the public consultation phase of the development of Ireland’s first National Public Procurement Strategy.

On Tuesday, 29th April, Minister Jack Chambers met with the overall winners of the 2024 Young Economist of The Year (YEOTY) Competition. This ‘meet and greet’ was an opportunity for the winners to meet with the Minister and is an important value-adding element of the YEOTY Competition.

Today Minister Jack Chambers published the Review of Remuneration of Chief Executive Officers in Commercial State Bodies by the Senior Posts Remuneration Committee.

Minister Jack Chambers TD and colleagues at the @irldeptper.bsky.social hosted a US Congressional Delegation visit today. A range of issues uniting our two nations were discussed.

As part of the bi-annual Country Team Meeting held between the communication officers of the EU Cohesion Policy Funds in Ireland and Communication officials from EU Commission’s DG Regio, two site visits to EU supported projects were arranged on the afternoon of 23 April.

Last week, Minister of State Emer Higgins travelled to the OPW building in Trim where some of our OGP colleagues are based.

Minister Jack Chambers joined Ministers Dara Calleary and Helen McEntee for the announcement of the expansion of the Hot School Meals Programme and Review of Nutritional Standards in St Philips Senior National School in Clonsilla today.

The IGEES Spring Conference took place on Wednesday 9 April. Focused on early-stage research, the conference is an important opportunity to those conducting the research/analytical work to seek input and feedback from their colleagues while the work is ongoing.

Minister Jack Chambers today welcomed the agreement by Government that the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform will commence a review of the National Development Plan, the review will cover all public capital investment to 2035.

Last Friday, Minister Jack Chambers visited Google Ireland for an AI in the Community event. Meeting with Vanessa Hartley, Head of Google Ireland, they discussed the ways that AI can benefit people.

Today Minister Jack Chambers and Minister Paschal Donohoe published the Exchequer Returns. The Exchequer returns show that tax receipts in the first quarter of the year were up by €3.5 billion (17.5 per cent) on last year 📈. Full report available here: tinyurl.com/y3r2pt8u

The Eurobarometer survey published today 25 March shows that 74% of Europeans (91% for Ireland) said their country had benefited from EU membership. This is the highest recorded level since the EU started asking respondents that question in 1983.

Minister Jack Chambers attended a planting ceremony to officially launch the development of the new Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Dental Education Centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin.

The Lone Parents initiative – funded by the European Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI) – helps single parents find work. Providing essential support across Ireland and Europe, it helps remove barriers such as access to childcare and employment opportunities.

Minister of State Emer Higgins attended the Local Enterprise Office South Dublin Awards last night in which they celebrated talented entrepreneurs in Ireland. Huge congratulations to all the finalists and winners that took part 👏.

Minister Jack Chambers met with the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board yesterday to discuss delivery of critical infrastructure under the National Development Plan 🏗️ Pictured is Minister Chambers with members from the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board. #Ireland2040 #NDPDelivery

Minister Jack Chambers met with the Argentine ambassador to Ireland Ana Laura Cachaza today. Minister Chambers and the Ambassador were able to discuss plans for the Minister's trip to Argentina for the St. Patrick's Day Programme 2025.

Minister Jack Chambers gave the address at the Deloitte Infrastructure Delivery Re-Imagined Event today at The Leinster Hotel. Speaking at the event, Minister Chambers outlined Government ambition to transform infrastructure: "Total capital investment in 2025 will be almost...