Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Three particular brands were identified in the e-mails. Neither the Minister nor his civil servants would have to go to the local Centra to buy the toilet roll of their choice. That is interesting. It would be one thing if it is the case that the people in the Department did not like the standard issue toilet tissue and that they had to buy something else but this was centrally acquired by the Department for this particular facility. I find that extraordinary. If someone does not like a brand of toilet roll, surely he or she could buy something else themselves. Is it the case that civil servants across the Department are using standard issue tissue while a particular type of tissue is purchased for use in the suite of offices in question? I find that extraordinary.