Any one of this coalition of wasters could win the Drumcondra Plate

IT dawned on me this week why the Comptroller and Auditor General publishes a report on the overspending by various Government departments every year.

Any one of this coalition of wasters could win the Drumcondra Plate
Fri, 07 Oct, 2005 - 01:00
Pat Brosnan

It's not just a report, it's a league table.

It measures how each department wastes money, the objective being that one outdoes the other, whether it's Environment or Health, Education or Transport.

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