Public body

Department of Finance

What this means

  • The Department of Finance manages Ireland's public finances, advises on economic and fiscal policy, and prepares the annual Budget and Finance Bill.[source]
  • The Minister for Finance must follow strict budgetary and debt rules under the fiscal responsibility framework, correcting any significant deviations from targets.[source]
  • The department has already delivered a reduction of the VAT rate to 9% for food-based hospitality businesses, a commitment from the Programme for Government.[source]
  • Work is ongoing to index income tax credits and bands to earnings, which would reduce the tax burden on workers as wages rise over time.[source]
  • The department is also building up the Future Ireland and Infrastructure funds, long-term savings vehicles intended to prepare the country for future spending pressures.[source]
  • John Hogan was appointed Secretary General of the Department of Finance, making him the senior official responsible for running the department day to day.[source]

Direct impact (8)

Indirect impact (4)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Finance → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via robert-troy
    Dáil ÉireannBody
  • holds role: Minister for Finance → holds role: Tánaiste2-hop via simon-harris
    TánaisteBody
  • holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Finance → member of party2-hop via robert-troy
    Fianna FáilParty
  • holds role: Minister for Finance → member of party2-hop via simon-harris
    Fine GaelParty

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Relationship map

Management of public finances and economic policy - owns statutory mandateMManagement of public fina…owns statutory mandateCompliance with the fiscal responsibility framework - owns statutory mandateMCompliance with the fisca…owns statutory mandateReduce the VAT rate to 9% for food-based hospitality - responsible for commitmentCReduce the VAT rate to 9%…responsible for commitmentIndex income tax credits and bands to earnings - responsible for commitmentCIndex income tax credits …responsible for commitmentBuild up the Future Ireland and Infrastructure funds - responsible for commitmentCBuild up the Future Irela…responsible for commitmentRobert Troy - holds role: Minister of State at the Department of FinanceORobert Troyholds role: Minister of State…Simon Harris - holds role: Minister for FinanceOSimon Harrisholds role: Minister for Fina…John Hogan - holds role: Secretary General, Department of FinanceOJohn Hoganholds role: Secretary General…BDepartment of Finance

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Accountability scores

Fiscal stewardship

Body score · method accountability-2.0.0 · as of 2026-05-23

1 budget votes0 with outturnCoverage 0% — not yet verifiable

Decomposes into 1 row — click any row to verify the underlying record.

  • Vote 7 — Office of the Minister for Finance (2025)€110.0m
    outturn not publishedvariance n/aunverifiableno published outturn: excluded from stewardship rate, lowers coverage

Statutory mandates (2)

Responsible for 3 commitments

Relationships

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Budget votes (1)

  • Vote 7 — Office of the Minister for Finance (2025)allocation €110.0m · outturn not published

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