Health
HSE an unfixable ‘basket case’, according to leading tax lawyer
Martin Phelan, speaking about how citizens must be tax-transparent but public-sector bodies largely are not, said that the Irish health service was long overdue a financial review
A leading tax lawyer has said there is a double standard in requiring citizens to be fully transparent about their taxation while officials in public-sector bodies such as the HSE rarely face scrutiny for decisions made with taxpayer money.
Martin Phelan, head of tax for Ireland with Simmons & Simmons, said it was unfair that the transparency expected of citizens in relation to their affairs did not extend to bodies like the HSE, which he ...