A former member of the PAC present during its 2014 questioning of Angela Kerins has backed the Supreme Court ruling in her case
Former Labour Party TD Robert Dowds said: “My impression is that the PAC needs to have its remit upgraded. They should have the right to examine any public spending in a Government department or other agency.”Former Fine Gael TD Paul Connaughton said: “The PAC was full of big characters with big profiles and some meetings were robust but I honestly felt it never strayed outside its remit. It was a great committee to be on and work with. Perhaps some of those questioned did not feel that way.
At a later public meeting in June that year, he said that what was clear from the February meeting was the “central fact [is] that we are outside our remit so the problem is to change the remit. So long as we operate under the current remit, operated under the standing orders, I do not think we can pursue this matter. We must, therefore, look at the bigger picture rather than continue down this path with Rehab which I think is only going to damage the committee in the future.
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