VEC sought laws to impeach whistleblower

Co Cork VEC lobbied the minister for education for new laws to impeach committee members for disloyalty after it took issue with the actions of a whistleblower.

The VEC had been in dispute with former councillor Humphrey Deegan, who had highlighted a series of problems which are now the subject of inquiries by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Public Accounts Committee.

The matters he brought to the attention of the PAC have also resulted in the VEC having to make a six-figure settlement with Revenue.