Ansbacher names may be deleted from Dáil record

A powerful Dáil committee is seeking to delete the names of politicians accused of having Ansbacher-linked accounts from the official record and haul in a TD who named them for a private dressing-down.

The cross-party Committee on Procedure and Privileges made the decision in response to Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald naming six ex-politicians as being listed in a tax evaders dossier.

Speaking in the Dáil late last month, Ms McDonald said ex-ministers Des O’Malley, Ray MacSharry, Gerard Collins, Richie Ryan and Maire Geoghegan Quinn, and an “S Barrett”, were identified in a whistle-blower report on the Ansbacher scandal.