Dept refuses to detail law costs: Secrecy on fees is not tolerable

This administration, albeit in an earlier iteration, promised that openness, that active accountability would become a characteristic of our public life.

It was one of the campaign promises that led to Enda Kenny’s time as taoiseach and by extension, Leo Varadkar’s leadership. However, and unsurprisingly, that idea remains filed under “undelivered promises” and will remain so unless the culture of secrecy, so active in Government and the public service, is changed.