Sir, - Not so long ago, a Minister for Finance scoffed at the idea of a tax amnesty. He estimated that £30m was all it would bring into the Exchequer: £680m was the total collected. Mr De Rossa stated earlier this year that the level of abuse of social welfare fraud was "miniscule" minimum annual cost is now estimated at £250m a year. No problems.
And now, a Dail committee is to conduct its own inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a private investment company where a mere £1.5m of shareholders money is missing. More concern is shown here than for what is happening in their own departments. A sample of real Irish life as seen through the eyes of a sample of real Irish politicians. Could somebody please bring on the dancing girls? - Yours, etc.,
Carnamoyle,
Muff,
Co Donegal.