Enda Kenny says he has full confidence in Joan Burton amid calls of ‘cronyism’

TDs last night debated a motion of no confidence in Ms Burton after she last week used a little-known clause in new public service appointment rules to give Mr Begg the €20,000-a year post as chairman of the pensions authority.
TDs called for an end to “political patronage” and questioned why Ms Burton, and other government ministers, had “by-passed” general appointment rules and given people positions with public bodies