'Series of mistakes' made in €1.8m Dáil printer controversy, says top official

The Dáil's top official has said “a series of mistakes” were made in the €1.8m Oireachtas printing controversy, but said those mistakes were “human error”.

Clerk of the Dáil, Peter Finnegan has written to the Public Accounts Committee that the cost of its new printer is now running at €1.8m, up €200,000 on the stated figure a fortnight ago.