Public Accounts Committee is 'totally paralysed' by new rule

Committee chair Brian Stanley is to write to Seán Ó Fearghaíl asking that Standing Order 218 be rewritten after members said the newly drafted rule will severely curtail their work. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Public Accounts Committee is demanding a redrafting of an "overly restrictive" rule which will "totally paralyse" its work.

Committee chair Brian Stanley is to write to Seán Ó Fearghaíl asking that Standing Order 218 be rewritten after members said the newly drafted rule will severely curtail their work.