A motion for the establishment of a Department of Efficiency and Reform will be brought forward to the Dáil today by Independent Ireland.
A motion for the establishment of a Department of Efficiency and Reform will be brought forward to the Dáil today by Independent Ireland .that the idea was inspired by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in the US and said that, in fact, Elon Musk had copied the idea from him.“At the very outset, when we set up our own website, when we set up our own policies early 2020-2024, there was always the call from us for a Department of Efficiency and Reform,” he said.
“So, I think actually it’s Elon Musk and Donald Trump has copied Independent Ireland’s policies and are delivering them in the United States.Elon Musk gestures as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. “We have a problem, the Government is investigating the Government,” he said.
“You set up a team of experts, of independent people who are experts in efficiency, this is how it’s going to work. “It’s the only way it can work because at the moment there is no accountability - €2.5 billion heading to €3 billion on a“If you have a department of efficiency and reform, surely be to God the huge expenditure that’s going through at this present time will have to go through that Department."
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