Ex-Rehab bosses cannot be forced to go before PAC

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee is seeking outside legal advice after claiming its investigation into the scandal-hit Rehab charity is being "nobbled" by another Government body.

The cross-party group made the allegation after it emerged they are unlikely to be able to force ex-Rehab bosses, Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery, to submit to further questioning.

Under Dáil rules, if any committee wants to compel an unwilling person to attend, they must put in a request to the Committee on Procedure and Privilege, chaired by Dáil Ceann Comhairle and Fine Gael TD Sean Barrett.