‘Hickey should appear at committee’, says Sports Minister

Sports Minister Shane Ross has said any attempt to compel former Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey to appear before an Oireachtas committee could result in a legal challenge.

‘Hickey should appear at committee’, says Sports Minister

On a tour of West Cork, Mr Ross was asked whether he thought Mr Hickey should be compelled to appear before a committee.

“I do think Pat Hickey should appear,” he said. “The issue of compellability is deeply complicated. I can think of no phase where any committee has successfully compelled anybody to appear and what has happened in those cases or what will happen, I think, is that there will be a large number of court cases as a result.

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