Letters to the Editor: Government attitudes reflect classic comedies

The Taoiseach would do well to look at 'Yes, Prime Minister' and then come back to let us know who calls the shots, him or Robert Watt

The now abandoned plan for Dr Tony Holohan's new post in Trinity College calls into question the Government’s and the Taoiseach’s attitude to accountability. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The now abandoned plan to second Tony Holohan to a new post in Trinity College fully funded by the taxpayer raises many issues of governance but perhaps more worryingly now it calls into question the Government’s and the Taoiseach’s attitude to accountability.

Micheál Martin said he doesn’t like the “witch hunt nature” of the approach being taken in relation to Mr Watt, who is paid €294,920 annually, appearing before Oireachtas committees to answer for expenditure which may have cost €20m over 10 years.