Pat Leahy: Report raises unsettling issues about Project Eagle
Kenny and Ministers caught in dispute between two of State’s most important agencies
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe said he accepted the C&AG report’s findings, but that he also had confidence in Nama. Those two positions may not ultimately be reconcilable. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Yesterday’s report by the Comptroller and Auditor General has set two of the most important and powerful organs of the State against one another on a matter of high national importance.
Nama vs the C&AG; the bad bank vs the auditors. Nama is about cutting deals; the C&AG’s job is to see that the State gets value for money and does not cut corners.