Billions in tazpayers' money 'wasted' by civil service

A lack of specialist expertise in the civil service led to a waste of billions of euro taxpayers’ money, it emerged tonight.

Billions in tazpayers' money 'wasted' by civil service

A lack of specialist expertise in the civil service led to a waste of billions of euro taxpayers’ money, it emerged tonight.

The Public Accounts Committee blamed a catalogue of errors and poor budgeting for a massive overspend on road building schemes, the provision of medical cards for over 70s, and the complex River Nore drainage project in Kilkenny.

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