Dáil owes it to public to fix committee rules, says Ceann Comhairle

Oireachtas committees “will not be nobbled” despite new laws being needed after the damning Angela Kerins Supreme Court judgement, the Dáil chairman has insisted.

In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl says that while the then Public Accounts Committee “broke the law” in relation to how it treated Ms Kerins in 2012, new rules must not lead to a watering down of the powers of important committees.