Organisation: Management Advisory Committee

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Law and disorder: Public service chaos is managerial and political

BRIAN Purcell has taken a bullet for the State twice in his career. Once, when he was near the bottom of the pile, as a young official in the Department of Social Welfare, he refused payment to an applicant for the dole. That claimant was the notorious Dublin gangster, The General. Purcell was kneecapped for his troubles.

Wed, 30 Jul, 2014

Need for secrecy part of Justice Department’s DNA, report finds

The Department of Justice is closed and secretive and requires "fundamental and sustained organisational and cultural change", a high-level report has concluded.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2014

Special advisor admits mistake in illegal charges hearing

Former Health Minister Micheál Martin’s special advisor admitted today that it was “exceptional” that he didn’t read crucial briefing notes on the illegal nursing charges before a major department meeting in December 2003.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2005

Civil servant angered by treatment over fees scandal

A former top civil servant in the Health Department today hit back at how he was treated in the illegal nursing homes charges affair.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2005

Ahern told of illegal charges before disclosure, probe told

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was told about illegal nursing home charges almost a year before they were eventually uncovered, an Oireachtas Health Committee heard today.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2005