Peadar Tóibín: “They're benefiting while the customer takes the hit. This is wrong and it’s unfair.”

In terms of capital infrastructure spends last year there was about €1.6bn of overspend.

There's a complete lack of accountability in that sector. There's an enormous amount of waste.

People power has forced the Government to change its approach as 'they could not take any more' and took to the streets.

He said a recruitment embargo for administrative staff in the health service would save €250m a year.