Former Rehab bosses Frank Flannery and Angela Kerins were told last night they are still expected to co-operate with the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as part of an examination into how the charity spends €90m a year of state money.

Former Rehab chairman Frank Flannery has been told the reasons he has given for not appearing before today’s meeting of the Dáil’s PAC are “nothing short of contemptible”.

The public will be exasperated neither Angela Kerins, outgoing head of the Rehab charity, nor ex-CEO Frank Flannery, who retired in 2006, will attend today’s meeting of the Public Accounts Committee.