Paschal Donohoe defends top civil servant over ‘smoking gun’ email controversy
PUBLIC Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe has defended his most senior civil servant, insisting he did not attempt to mislead politicians when he told them he did not see a crucial email warning of a crisis with the health service’s budget.
Mr Donohoe claimed Department of Public Expenditure secretary general David Moloney receives “vast amounts” of correspondence in the run-up to the Budget and “would never make any attempt to mislead anybody”.
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