Sam McBride’s hunt for Stormont’s secret civil servant on a vast salary
About this episode
Sam McBride discusses the mystery of a secret civil servant in Northern Ireland's government.
There is a very senior, well-paid civil servant, working in the higher echelons of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Only a handful of officials work at that level and with every one of these individuals we are entitled to know who they are, what they do and what they are paid – but not when it comes to one man. Or is it a woman? We don’t know. The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland Editor Sam McBride has discovered a top-mandarin that we know nothing about - a secret civil servant. The taxpayer is not allowed to know what they do, not allowed to know how much they are paid and not even allowed to know what their name is. Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar on the BelTel to explain this bizarre story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Ciarán Dunbar
Guest: Sam McBride
Topics covered
- civil service
- government transparency
- public salary
- Northern Ireland
- investigative journalism
Keywords
- civil servant
- Stormont
- salary
- transparency
- Northern Ireland
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland Civil Service
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