Daniel McConnell: Nothing will change if nobody is held responsible

Robert Watt from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform told a gathering of business leaders in 2014 that the civil service was in need of structural change and required some new leadership — but five years later, €1.8m bill for the Oireachtas printer scandal typifies just how little things have changed, writes Daniel McConnell

Daniel McConnell: Nothing will change if nobody is held responsible

Robert Watt from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform told a gathering of business leaders in 2014 that the civil service was in need of structural change and required some new leadership — but five years later, €1.8m bill for the Oireachtas printer scandal typifies just how little things have changed, writes Daniel McConnell

Robert Watt
Robert Watt

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