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Post by dait on Nov 23, 2011 22:46:16 GMT -5
Kevin Cardiff's nomination to the European Court of Auditors has been rejected by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control by just one vote. The former Secretary General of the Department of Finance had been nominated for the position by the Government. Mr Cardiff appeared in front of the committee before it voted in a secret ballot this afternoon. A Government spokesperson said it had received notice of the outcome of the vote and will be taking it under consideration. Mr Cardiff's candidacy was overshadowed by the controversy over his role in the €3.6bn accounting error that came to light last month and over his role in the events that led to the collapse in the Irish banking sector. Only two other nominations to the European Court of Auditors have ever been rejected. It was the first occasion an Irish nominee had not secured parliament support.
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