PAC chief calls for civil servants to be 'named and shamed'
The head of the Public Accounts Committee is calling for civil servants to be ''named and shamed'' when it comes to the poor management of public money.
It comes after the Comptroller and Auditor General published its annual report yesterday.
The government spending watchdog revealed a number of instances of state bodies wasting public money, including one instance where five thousand teachers were overpaid by €1.2m euro last year.
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, says there needs to be greater accountability within the civil service: "The Public Accounts Committee can only examine the accounts and highlight the problems.
"We make recommendations to government then. Until such a time people are named and shamed in relation to the poor management of taxpayers money and have sanctions faced against them, this will continue."
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