Doherty suspended from Dáil

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has today been suspended from the Dáil after refusing to obey the orders of the Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett.

The dispute arose when the Donegal South West TD made allegations about the new secretary general at the Department of Finance.

Mr Doherty told the Dáil that John Moran had headed up a company that was censured by a US watchdog agency.

However, a Department of Finance spokesperson said that the events cited by the US Securities and Exchange Commission had occurred in the New York office of Zurich Capital Markets before Mr Moran joined that office.

The Ceann Comhairle told the Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson to leave the Dáil when he continued to probe the issue.