Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is a really important question. The Taoiseach said he had only become aware of such a practice now, but given that there are political appointees on the boards, he should have known about it before if the matter was discussed. It is not good enough to come to the Dáil today to say otherwise. The Taoiseach should admit in the Dáil that it is an outrage, that it will not happen again and that it should never have happened. He should also explain how we will get the money back from those people.

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