Spending the key to next election

MICHAEL NOONAN’S appointment as chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.

The former Fine Gael leader’s presence in the chair gives the committee an added punch and direction that has been lacking in the past two years.

Despite intense scrutiny of public sector expenditure, there is still a litany of waste being chronicled each and every week at the PAC’s meetings