Two TDs miss half of PAC’s meetings - and only one has 100% attendance

Two government TDs did not show up to more than half of the meetings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of which they are members. The two are Derek Nolan of Labour and Aine Collins of Fine Gael.

Only one member, Labour’s Joe Costello, had a perfect 100% record of attendance, while chairman John McGuinness and vice-chair John Deasy went to 94% of meetings.

Attendance records for the committee show while some members made it to over 94% of meetings last year, other TDs failed to show up for the vast majority of gatherings of the most important Dáil committee.