‘Bad governance’ is common thread in institutional failures

A common thread running through the litany of institutional failures at the CRC, Irish Water and the penalty points scandal was bad governance resulting in nobody being held responsible, according to public service expert Dr Eddie Molloy.

Speaking at the Reform Alliance’s debate on reform of the economy, he launched a scathing attack on the profession of auditors, accusing them of incompetence and escaping proper governance procedures “through the small print”.

To sustained applause Dr Molloy, from Change Management, claimed the Government had behaved exactly like their Fianna Fáil predecessors by appointing over 1,000 political associates to State boards.