Where now for parliamentary inquiry?
The Public Accounts Committee avoided judicial strictures over preceding decades because the chair steered the committee between the ditches
Now the Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghail, is moved to apologise for the manner in which the PAC – or more accurately some of its members – treated the former CEO of the Rehab Group. This was the committee that 20 years ago, in a televised inquiry, examined the conduct of Irish banks in evading deposit interest retention tax (DIRT) and the efficacy of Revenue systems for tax collection. This was the origin of the...
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