Watchdog to quiz failed Docklands quango leaders

Former ministers and members of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, including disgraced banker Seán FitzPatrick, are set to face a grilling by the Dáil public spending watchdog over the failed quango.

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee is to meet soon to draft a list of witnesses it wishes to call as part of its inquiry into the DDDA.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan has decided the DDDA will be disbanded over the next 18 months following the damning findings of a report conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General.