Opposition TDs demand consequences for €6.6m 'incinerated' by Arts Council

Tánaiste Simon Harris  acknowledged that people can make mistakes, but said that in his view this was 'a very clear and flagrant breach of the public spending code'

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said: 'If there is no cost to this, there will be no change.' Picture: Flickr/Houses of Oireachtas

Senior civil servants should pay the price for wasting public money, an opposition TD has said, as the Tánaiste promised consequences for the Art Council debacle.

Responding to the outcry from the opposition benches over the revelation that the Arts Council spent €6.6m on an IT system that was never delivered, Simon Harris said there has to be consequences.