Enda Kenny supports PAC Garda move

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has backed the PAC’s decision to involve gardaí in the deepening Rehab affair, saying that he “expects” the charity to provide full financial transparency when it returns to the Dáil committee next month.

Speaking from Washington DC, where he is on official business in the lead-up to St Patrick’s Day, Mr Kenny said the spending watchdog is within its rights to have contacted police after the latest allegations.

“The PAC is an independent committee of the Dáil, always was, and if the committee feel there is an issue arising from the letter they have received, that is a matter for the gardaí to deal with, then I fully respect the decision of the committee in that matter. I obviously don’t have any control over the PAC, it’s a matter ent-irely for the committee. If they feel this is an issue that the gardaí should examine then that’s their perfect right and I will support that.”