Sipo asked to clarify issues over Government’s €5m ‘spin unit’
Brendan Howlin wrote to Standards in Public Office Commission about funding and recruitment
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar before the unveiling of Budget 2018. Photograph: Alan Betson
The disclosure that the “cost-neutral” Strategic Communications Unit will cost €5 million in 2018 has prompted a notification to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo).