Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I would like to follow up on that. It may well be that the practices we are discussing are endemic in the private sector. There is more and more evidence of that. The difference is that we are talking specifically about the spending of public moneys by the public sector. The highest standards need to apply in such circumstances. Does the Taoiseach accept that rather than allowing State agencies to mimic their counterparts in the private sector, we should put in place the highest standards of best practice? Can he clearly indicate to the wider public, whose money is employed in the abuses to which I have referred, that these practices have been stamped out and will not be tolerated in the future?

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