Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I fully agree with Deputy Maloney. Transparency and openness are the best antidotes to abuse. When things are understood to be open and accessible, people will be much more mindful of how they use resources. There must be a balance, however, because we must be able to justify the use of resources as well. It is true that Ministers are reluctant to use the Government jet, which always surprises me because we paid for it and it is sitting on a runway.

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