Alan Dukes hits out at top Finance officials

Former IBRC chairman Alan Dukes has criticised remarks made by a top civil servant and said Department of Finance officials adopted an “attitude of suspicion” towards the bank that led to “unproductive tensions” between both sides.

Mr Dukes’ swipe at comments made by department officials about IBRC and the Siteserv controversy this week has reignited disagreement between the bank and the department.

He said comments made by department secretary general Derek Moran and second secretary Ann Nolan to the Public Accounts Committee were “seriously misleading”.