Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-24
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Paschal Donohoe (FG), Dublin Central

What those kinds of assertions do is every bit as dark for the future of our politics as the consequences of the history the Deputy referred to. He knows I play no role in the allocation of any State contract. He knows it is done in an independent, competitive way by the Office of Public Works and every other State body. Not only did the Deputy make a number of assertions that he knows are wrong. Let me also tell him about one that he may not know to be wrong. He said a moment ago that the chair of the north-east inner city task force was appointed by me.

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Sitting date: 2023-01-24