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Career
Sean Cromien spent his career working as a civil servant. In 1952, Cromien began his career working as an administrative officer for the Department of Finance. Throughout his career, Cromien worked to ensure that the Department of Finance created and enacted policy that would serve the public good. He worked toward improving the manner in which memos and official documents were written and In about 1987, Cromien became the Secretary General of Finance. During his time in this role, Cromien played a key role in revitalizing the Irish economy by reducing government spending. Sean Cromien retired in 1994. During his time as Secretary General of Finance, Cromien was a member of the Expenditure Review Committee, also known as An Bord Snip. This committee, established in the same year that Cromien became secretary, was established to look into ways in which the Irish government could cut spending. During this time, Cromien wrote several works on managing public funds and maintaining strict budget. When Cromien took on the role of Secretary General of the Treasury, Ireland was on the brink of economic collapse, and much of the decision-making power of the Treasury department had been curtailed through its division into two separate departments. In his role as General Secretary, and as a member of An Bord Snip, Cromien fought off the recession through strategic budget cuts.