Budgeting for honesty

The Dáil has been sidelined by budgetary revelations in the Bundestag and elsewhere, despite Enda Kenny’s promise of more honest politics, writes Political Correspondent, Mary Regan

VOTING on how public money is spent is one of the most important democratic functions of the Dáil.

But despite the Taoiseach’s promise last month of a “new departure” in budget transparency, it seems the Government is sticking to the traditional and democratically flawed approach best characterised as a mixture of secrecy and spinning.