Kenny urged to scrap banking inquiry

Enda Kenny is under pressure to scrap the controversial banking inquiry and to set up an independent probe after one of its central members quit, claiming he had lost all hope in it being free from Cabinet control.

The Dáil technical group will meet tomorrow to discuss a replacement member for Independent TD Stephen Donnelly, who said Mr Kenny had subverted the will of the Oireachtas by increasing the membership of the banking inquiry committee last week to ensure a Government majority.

There is now very little appetite among the technical group to participate in the hearings following the Government’s actions, and sources said it could be difficult to find a willing replacement for Mr Donnelly.