Coughlan under fire over Fás intervention

A CROSS-PARTY Dáil committee has written to the Government complaining about Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s intervention into an important inquiry.

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee is inquiring into alleged irregularities at the State training agency Fás.

The committee is traditionally regarded as being “non-political” and above partisan attack, but Ms Coughlan yesterday claimed it was “following another agenda” and moving too slowly in its work.