Tax-evader Wallace set to escape censure

Disgraced TD Mick Wallace looks set to escape any Dáil censure move against him while fellow deputies decide if they can probe his financial affairs.

However, party whips have recommended to the ceann comhairle that he be allowed parliamentary time today to make a statement to fellow TDs regarding the controversy which threatens to engulf him.

The Dáil’s Committee on Members’ Interests has given the Wexford TD until next week to supply information regarding when his construction company became involved with the Revenue, as they can only inquire into events since he was elected in Feb 2011.