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# Quangos

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# Quangowatch
Government quango costs 'spiralling out of control' - McGrath
Mattie McGrath says the government is “treating the ordinary people with contempt”.
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Apr 21st 2014, 7:03 PM
# Censorship
Censorship Board can't be abolished until it deals with Alan Shatter's 'Laura'
And everyone struggled to keep a straight face in the Dáil this morning…
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Jan 24th 2014, 10:44 AM
# Public Service
'A lot done, more to do': Reform plans promise more public services cards and better procurement
Launching new public service reform plans today, the Minister of State Brian Hayes said there has been “a lot done, more to do, to borrow a phrase from the past”.
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Jan 14th 2014, 11:21 AM
Voices
Aaron McKenna: Our government squanders money while cutting funding to charities
They might make all the right noises about “difficult choices” but this is the truth: our government would rather tell disabled children to go without than tackle overpaid bureaucrats, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Sep 7th 2013, 8:00 AM
Voices
Aaron McKenna: There's no room for quangos in today's cash-strapped Ireland
We ought to cull almost all state bodies and quangos and send them back to being offices within their respective departments – in order to free up government money to alleviate stresses on our frontline services, writes Aaron McKenna.
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May 4th 2013, 8:00 AM
# Not the News
Here is the week's news... skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Roscommon man jumps for space to advertise his CV; the Prophet Seán Quinn; Enda having fun in Brussels.
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Oct 20th 2012, 5:00 PM
Voices
Column: The Government promised ‘war on quangos’ – so why are they creating new ones?
A whole new layer of bureaucracy is part of the Government’s fiscal plan, writes Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming.
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Dec 14th 2011, 7:30 AM
# Public Sector
Decentralisation scrapped and over 23,000 public sector jobs to go by 2015
The government has outlined plans which also include the merging of nearly 50 state agencies.
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Nov 17th 2011, 12:53 PM
AS IT HAPPENED
Government announcement on public sector and quangos
Text coverage of the government’s announcements on reducing public sector numbers and killing off quangos, as it happened.
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Nov 17th 2011, 11:53 AM
# Race for the Áras
Mary Davis releases full tax filings - and encourages other candidates to follow suit
Mary Davis attempts to draw a line under controversy about her earnings by publishing her tax filings for the last three years.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 1:50 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Jul 6th 2011, 8:30 AM
# Quangos
Government cuts its first quango - under Fianna Fáil's proposals
The National Consumer Agency will be merged with the Competition Authority under plans approved by cabinet.
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Jul 6th 2011, 8:07 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: IMF chief to appear in court later today to face attempted rape charges; Michael Noonan travels to Brussels for finance summit; and 27 people die in gruesome Guatemala attack.
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May 16th 2011, 8:33 AM
LIVE
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Gaddafi agrees to a ceasefire in Libya, Fianna Fáil propose reform to political donations, and how coffee addiction could be genetic…
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Apr 11th 2011, 8:28 AM
LIVE
Government to sign off on spending review as quangos and State assets targeted
The news comes as communications minister Pat Rabbitte warned that public sector pay may be cut again.
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Apr 11th 2011, 7:40 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Nov 26th 2010, 4:50 PM
# Quangowatch
'Russian doll' quangos soared throughout the noughties, research finds
GRAPH: How Ireland’s agencies have grown since the 1900s.
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Nov 26th 2010, 12:58 PM
# Quangos
Two years on, the quangos are still here
A Sunday Times survey shows that the government’s plan to close 46 quangos has stalled – with only 16 ‘rationalised’.
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Sep 12th 2010, 12:19 PM