?Paschal Donohoe’s €6bn-a-year piggy banks can’t hide splurge in public spending

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?Paschal Donohoe’s €6bn-a-year piggy banks can’t hide splurge in public spending

The annual increase in expenditure by government departments in the first quarter was up 14.9pc, “well above the anticipated growth rates based on the budgetary parameters”, according to a note buried at the bottom of page 25 of the Stability Programme Update published yesterday.