Irish Examiner View: Public spending demands public oversight

Keeping public payments secret.
Irish Examiner View: Public spending demands public oversight

Secretary General for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt. The top civil servant queried why pensions paid to former taoisigh, ministers, and presidents could not be published and asked why he had not been consulted about the decision to stop releasing the details. Picture: Oireachtas TV/PA Wire.
Secretary General for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt. The top civil servant queried why pensions paid to former taoisigh, ministers, and presidents could not be published and asked why he had not been consulted about the decision to stop releasing the details. Picture: Oireachtas TV/PA Wire.

Keeping public payments secret.

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