Kenny: Calls for debate on Dail privilege were hysterical

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has come under fire for dismissing Opposition demands to debate the threat to Dáil privilege posed by an injunction brought by businessman Denis O’Brien as “hysteria”.

Breaking his week-long silence on the controversy that has convulsed Irish politics, Mr Kenny said the Dáil had no control over the issue.

“Well, I listened to a lot of hysteria about recalling the Dáil to talk about something over which the Dáil had no control,” he said.