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Minister Donohoe publishes the First Tranche of papers developed for the 2023 Spending Review

The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, has today (Thursday), published the first tranche of papers as part of the 2023 Spending Review process. 

The Spending Review process is a key platform for generating evidence for policy making across the Civil Service. Supported by the Irish Government Economic Evaluation Service (IGEES), the process has become a focal point for a range of analyses across Government Departments and their agencies. The publication of these latest four papers brings to one hundred and seventy-seven (177) the total amount of papers published under this process since 2017. 

Welcoming the publication of these reviews Minister Donohoe said;

‘In line with the overall objectives of the Spending Review process, the publication of this first tranche of papers for 2023 shows that Departments continue to examine policies and programmes in support of evidence based policy making. Again there is a wide variety of topical research undertaken within these four papers and many papers, to be published later in the year, are presently feeding into the Budget deliberations. 

‘As always, the collation and assessment of data in this way better informs policy makers and allows us to make better decisions for the taxpayer. 

 ‘The four papers published today, in the areas of Social Protection, Hospital Care and Innovation in the Public Service, provide valuable insights across the policy areas reviewed and are a welcome addition to our evidence base.’ 

The 4 papers published today, plus all previous papers are available to view on the Spending Review website.