Oireachtas faces major decision on PAC’s powers
“It raises a flag in how committees exercise their functions. Over time we will have to address that,” he said.
On Wednesday, the court held it would not be a breach of the separation of powers for it to declare the actions of the PAC unlawful in light of the fact that the PAC was acting outside its terms of reference and that a relevant committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas, namely the the Committee on Procedures and Privileges, had come to that view.
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