Government's exorbitant spend on vanity projects has undermined trust, say Social Democrats

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Gary Gannon said too much time had been spent in recent months trying to get the government to answer questions about its spending of public money. File picture: Gareth Chaney

The outgoing government has "without a shadow of a doubt" undermined the public's trust, according to a Social Democrats TD.

Recent decisions such as the spend on the security hut and bike shed and the lack of accountability and consequences for these "exorbitant" spends has stirred a lot of anger among people, Gary Gannon said.