MEPs question choosing Cardiff for post

THE Government faces growing opposition to its nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors, with Fine Gael’s political grouping in Brussels questioning its choice of candidate.

The European People’s Party (EPP) — the largest group of the European Parliament — said questions must be asked about why the Government had chosen someone who “is not at all above doubt”.

Mr Cardiff, the outgoing secretary general of the Department of Finance, has come under fire for an accounting error which saw Ireland’s debt being over-estimated by €3.6 billion on his watch.