Sargent’s food policy showed poor judgment

YOUR report (February 24) citing a senior garda source describing Trevor Sargent’s actions as “stupid” hit the nail on the head – his poor judgment in Government has been evident for several years.

First, take the Government’s proposal for the public procurement of organic food (Renewed Programme for Government 2009) in the middle of a crippling recession.

Clearly, Mr Sargent didn’t see anything wrong with the idea of using taxpayers’ money directly to support his pals in the organic food sector.