Tensions at PAC over civil service statement on whistleblower 

Public Accounts Committee presented with 'ultra establishment' civil service-prepared press statement admonishing whistleblower Shane Corr

Shane Corr, a senior civil servant at the Department of Health, went public with details of the secret dossiers. Picture: RTÉ Investigates/RTÉ

Tensions have emerged at the Public Accounts Committee after it was presented with an “ultra establishment” civil service-prepared press statement admonishing whistleblower Shane Corr.

On Thursday, the PAC published an amended statement stating the seven disclosures received by Mr Corr, a senior audit official in the Department of Health, are “no longer documents of the committee”.