Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The memo to which the article refers contains more than a reference to me; it is from me. The memo lays out the spending review that the Government will be implementing across this year.

This is the kind of spending review that is a normal part of how a government should do business, but it did not take place in the period leading up to the crisis or in the period during which the crisis occurred. The objective will be to identify how one third of Government expenditure is used against the objectives for which that expenditure is set aside. The objective is that over a three-year period, all Government expenditure will be reviewed.

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