Newly released records show Comptroller and Auditor General raised concerns in note dissenting from vote against holding an ethics inquiry into Taoiseach’s leak of medical record
Records show Comptroller and Auditor General raised concerns in note dissenting from vote against holding ethics inquiry into Taoiseach’s leak of draft medical contractComptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy privately questioned whether the ethics commission's decision to reject an ethics inquiry into leaking of a medical document by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar would 'be enough to satisfy a judge in a judicial review proceeding.
His observations were released after The Irish Times appealed a Freedom of Information ruling on the case to the Information Commissioner, who decides on such appeals. “Would our arguments be enough to satisfy a judge in a judicial review proceeding ?” Mr McCarthy asked in previously unreported remarks. “A court order to reconsider rejection of a complaint would be appalling, and would compromise the credibility of any subsequent decision we made. A court order to stop an inquiry would at least explain why we had no power to pursue a complaint in this matter.”
A December release of FOI records showed Ombudsman Ger Deering also dissented from the vote against an inquiry. Mr Deering is a Sipo commissioner as Ombudsman but also holds the office of Information Commissioner.
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