Meanwhile, National Gallery spent €125k on unused x-ray machine
“Transparency”: 26-year-old Fianna Fáil TD Albert Dolan spent 2 years creating a Government payment’s tracker so the public can more easily scrutinise how taxpayer money is spent across Departments.
Tánaiste Simon Harris has admitted that the State’s spending on IPAS contracts has “absolutely not” been value for money.
“Am I satisfied that the model is appropriate? Absolutely not.”
New development.
“We all want to see value for money for the taxpayer.”
Time to grow up.
A €120k scanner purchased by the National Gallery almost 8 years ago has never been used because it doesn’t fit in any suitable room in the building. Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s reaction: “I don’t have the explanation regarding the scanner…it does need an explanation.”
“The latest shameful waste of taxpayers’ money.”
“Millions of euros of taxpayers’ money to be wasted, with nothing to show for it.”
Denied that the investigation is taking a long time.
The fact is that for a great many public bodies, wasteful spending is now a way of life.