High-ranking civil servant 'made zero effort to answer committee's questions on Public Services Card' - PAC chair

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised one of the country’s most senior civil servants for making “zero effort to answer the questions” posed by the committee regarding the Public Services Card.

Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, recently wrote to the PAC to defend the “value” of the PSC, which he said is frequently “misunderstood”.