TDs may ask for more powers in referendum rerun

Voters may be asked next year to give TDs sweeping powers to apportion blame for the banking crisis in a rerun of the failed Oireachtas inquiries referendum.

Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin has signalled the question could be posed again in the wake of the Anglo tapes scandal.

He said such a poll would not delay the plans for an Oireachtas probe into the financial collapse under new laws set to come into force later this month.