TD who brought judicial review case calls on the Sipo to respond to judgement publicly
In June the High Court quashed the decision by the Standards in Public Office Commission not to look into Leo Varadkar’s leak of a draft medical contract in his first term as taoiseach. Photograph: Julien BehalThe Sipo’s task is to promote transparency and accountability in public life. But it has had nothing to say aboutthat quashed its decision not to investigate Mr Varadkar’s leak of a draft medical contract in his first term as taoiseach.
The Sipo chairman is Garrett Sheehan, retired judge of the Court of Appeal. He was “not available” when The Irish Times sought an interview on the High Court ruling. Mr Murphy said Sipo should quickly move to investigate. “This happened in 2019. It became public, and I complained, in 2020. We got the decision in 2022 not to investigate. It’s now the middle of 2024,” he said.
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