One pot of smarts

Sir — Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe likes to remind us that there is only one pot of money which has to be protected and proportionately distributed.

Likewise, I suggest that within government there is only one pot of political enterprise and acumen that must be similarly conserved.

The Brexit ‘play-acting’ in Westminster continues to be given disproportionate attention by our government, so collateral damage, such as may be in the case of the outrageous overrun for the national children’s hospital, should surprise nobody.

All of which worryingly begs the question as to what other collateral damage will manifest itself in the coming weeks and months?

Michael Gannon, Kilkenny