Excellent episode of the David McWilliams Podcast.
Matthew Fenlon is one of the most important minds on public spending, He knows how the system actually works.
One point I would add:
@davidmcw explains that Ireland’s strict procurement rules were introduced to prevent the corruption and cronyism of the 1990s.
Yet IPAS has used a loophole under emergency procedures to award billions in accommodation contracts without open tendering.
We built an entire bureaucracy to stop cronyism, but then created a side door.
IPAS is the greatest public-spending scandal in the history of the State.
They are making fortunes while hiding behind the plight of asylum seekers.
It needs to be exposed.