Ruling threatens a ‘chilling effect’ on Dáil

Probe into fallout as court rules PAC acted unlawfully over Kerins

Catherine Shanahan and Daniel McConnell

A working group is to probe the fallout of recent Supreme Court judgments following a ruling that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) acted unlawfully in its treatment of the former head of the Rehab Group. Some Oireachtas members have warned the ruling will have “a chilling effect” on the work of Dáil committees.