Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I also want to voice my concern about this matter. It is a comedy of errors. This is taxpayers' money. No one seems to worry, be held accountable or take the rap when taxpayers' money is being spent. An eight page report is written and then it is forgotten about. I do not think it should be forgotten about. Lessons should be learned here. This was a simple thing but it all went wrong. Two old printers were decommissioned because they were decrepit and we decided to buy a new, modern printer, which is a simple thing. One does not need a master's degree to go into a room, get the dimensions of the new printer and figure out how to get it in the front door and place it. It is a simple thing, yet it went all wrong. It has cost hundreds of thousands of euro of extra money. Someone must be accountable for this because someone is responsible for it. The public is right and as my colleague, Deputy Connolly noted, despite the crises in housing and health, money can be wasted like this and no one seems to care or be responsible for it. It is our job to ensure proper accountability when public money is being spent. This needs to be accounted for and someone needs to stand up and take the rap for it.