MEP - Childers kicking up over Kevin Cardiff.
Is Nessa Childers correct to kick up a stink about this? In fairness its not a parish pump issue although it does smack of opportunistic populism.
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MEP - Childers kicking up over Kevin Cardiff.
A few years ago I would be amazed at a sum of a billion
Now with the constant news and stories of billions and billions, the numbers just wash over me.
Maybe that's just me.
No- a retired economist told me that he never used the word "billion" - It makes light of the amount.
Cardiff is being promoted and Childers was silenced by those in the Labour Party.
Cardiff was responsible for the error and the Labour Party are afraid of the issue being even raised.
How was he responsible for the error, other than being the Sec Gen?
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No. I think this is a case of misdirected anger. It is an accounting error of the most harmless kind that anyone used to dealing with numbers & planning in a large organisation would not bat an eyelid at.
Cardiff was responsible for the error and the Labour Party are afraid of the issue being even raised.
Why is Cardiff responsible and the Minster is not responsible? The Minister is in charge of the Dept, so should Noonan resign?He's responsible because it happened in his departement, they had been told about it previously and did nothing.
He wasn't directly resonsible from a day to day operational perspective (and I'm assuming the email from NAMA was not sent to him) but if a leader of a dept or company takes all the plaudits and credits for good things then they have to accept the opposite for bad things
Why is Cardiff responsible and the Minster is not responsible? The Minister is in charge of the Dept, so should Noonan resign?
For the record, I think Childers is right about the EU Auditor role.
My understanding is that the initial error was reported under Brian Lenihans watch
Well there's the solution. Blame the dead guy.
Isn't that the line Haughey used against his deceased accountant?
My understanding is that the initial error was reported under Brian Lenihans watch and not Noonans. However given the scale of the error, frankly, anyone who was directly involved should be discplined, including those in NAMA who sent the mail but may not have escalated or followed it up. "I sent an email on it" is not sufficient in my books. If that means the relevant Minister has to fall on his sword, so be it
But Cardiff wasn't directly involved in it, so he shouldn't be disciplined - right?
If it happened in his department then he is responsible. That's the joys of the big pay cheque.
So then Noonan has to go as well - right?