How to spend it, TDs’ boundary obsession, robust discussions

<p>Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How should the Government use <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2023/04/18/the-irish-times-view-on-the-latest-exchequer-figures-a-surplus-of-riches/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this year's forecast €10 billion budget surplus</a>?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>TDs are obsessed with what the new Electoral Commission <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/04/21/stitching-several-counties-into-one-dail-constituency-should-be-abandoned-permanently/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">will do to constituency boundaries</a>. History shows they have <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/some-political-winners-and-losers-from-the-boundary-changes-1.3136913" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">good reason.</a></li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Secretary general at the Department of Health Robert Watt's appearance at the Oireachtas finance committee <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/04/21/finance-committee-members-to-seek-further-hearings-on-botched-holohan-appointment/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">did the opposite</a> of putting the story about Dr Tony Holohan's botched appointment to bed.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Plus the panel pick their IT stories of the week:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Ciara O'Brien on <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2023/04/20/under-musk-twitter-careers-chaotically-towards-an-uncertain-future/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a big week in the world of Elon Musk</a></li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Naomi O'Leary writing about free public transport in Luxembourg. It is popular but are people in their cars less? Find out <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/04/21/a-fare-farewell-luxembourg-marks-three-years-of-free-public-transport/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Harry McGee on Eamon Ryan's<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/envi