Kenny: Error shouldn’t cost him job

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has said the €3.6 billion accounting error which tripped up Kevin Cardiff’s bid to sit on the European Court of Auditors should not be enough to prevent him taking the job.

And, furthermore, he said the fact Mr Cardiff was part of the monitoring regime for the financial sector as it collapsed was not something which should affect his prospects.

Mr Kenny said similar auditing mistakes to the €3.6bn blot regarding the Housing Finance Agency have been made elsewhere in Europe and Mr Cardiff, the outgoing secretary general of the Department of Finance, remained the most qualified person for the Court of Auditors job.