‘Rehab issues can only be answered by ex-bosses’

John McGuinness, the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, has insisted three issues central to the ongoing Rehab investigation can only be answered by the charity’s two former bosses.

Angela Kerins, who resigned as chief executive last week, and her predecessor Frank Flannery, who retired in 2006 and stepped down as board chairman last month, are both resisting pressure to give evidence to the cross-party group.

In the wake of Thursday’s PAC meeting, where members of Rehab’s board admitted Ms Kerins effectively ran the group as a “fiefdom”, Mr McGuinness said the case for the pair to come before the committee was stronger than ever.