Shatter donation is hypocritical

The decision of former Justice Minister Alan Shatter to "donate" €70,000 from the taxpayer (his severance pay, inflated by incentives for charities) to his local Jack & Jill charity is obscene.

No one doubts that the charity does wonderful things, but charities like it exist because politicians, like Mr Shatter, have not provided a nationwide health system capable of meeting the needs of the Irish people.

Because the taxpayer pays for politicians’ own private health cover, so they never have to experience the Irish public health system.