Misuse of PAC process: Self-serving and wrong

Oireachtas members sitting on a Leinster House committee have an opportunity to add value to Irish life and enhance our democratic process.

They also have a gilt-edged opportunity to indulge in self-serving grandstanding. Most politicians resist that temptation but some cannot — which may be one of the reasons that Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform decided not to become involved in the process.