...swift and comprehensive policy
response to the pandemic has been effective in mitigating the
crisis impact and protecting households and firms. It notes that
while Ireland is the only EU country with positive GDP growth, the
country will face many challenges when it emerges from the
pandemic, including post-Brexit trade arrangements, potential
changes in international taxation, reducing the country’s deficit
and national debt, getting people back to work and assisting those
who need to reskill. … On Wednesday, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
(DPER) published its Annual Report for 2020. The report sets out
some of the main developments in 2020, including, how DPER managed
public expenditure, prepared for the end of the Brexit transition
period, including negotiating and rolling out the new Brexit
Adjustment Reserve and developing Ireland’s National Recovery and
Resilience Plan. The report also outlines how DPER is continuing to
oversee the management of the 2014-2020 EU Structural Fund
Programmes, promote Civil Service renewal and Wider Public Service
reform, drive the digital agenda and implement the Public...
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