Taxpayer won't pay legal costs of Oireachtas inquiry

Irish taxpayers will not have to pay the legal costs of witnesses called before the Oireachtas inquiry into CIE’s controversial mini-CTC safety system, it was announced today.

Sean Doherty, the chairman of the committee investigating the matter, announced that the 120 or so witnesses due to be called before the hearings will have to pay for their own lawyers and foot the bill for their own expenses.