The Irish Independent’s View: Take better care of taxpayers’ money or face consequences
PAC chairman John Brady, of Sinn Féin, expressed worry that another tech project was causing significant overruns. Yet anger at such budget blow-outs using public money does not appear to be reflected in state efforts to hold those responsible to account. Public confidence in how taxpayers’ money is being used is under strainLast May, we had the fiasco of the Dáil bike shed. A review found that while some of the practices in the Public Spending Code were followed, no “value- for-money assessment” was carried out. It could and probably has.”Public confidence in how taxpayers’ money is being used is under strain.
Source: Irish Independent January 16, 2026 17:30 UTC
