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In the chapter, reforms to the public expenditure and budgetary systems are presented. Beginning with an overview of the pre-crisis arrangements, the reforms are presented according to their sources, namely those influenced by the Troika, the EU and domestically inspired initiatives, respectively. As well as documenting the efforts to introduce a performance budgeting regime, the chapter also examines the role played by new economic evaluation and fiscal policy institutions in shaping budgetary policy.
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MacCarthaigh, M. (2017). Public Expenditure Reform. In: Public Sector Reform in Ireland. Executive Politics and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57460-8_7
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