Oireachtas committees “will not be nobbled” despite new laws being needed after the damning Angela Kerins Supreme Court judgement, the Dáil chairman has insisted. “The Supreme Court was very explicit, it was the fault of the House — the 158 members of the Dáil share the blame for that. “The Supreme Court found that in this instance... we trampled on the rights of a citizen, that we acted outside the law and that we were wrong. The Ceann Comhairle says new rules being drafted will have to ensure “that never happens again”. It is understandable that in the immediate aftermath of a Supreme Court judgement that there would be some concern and uncertainty.

Source: Irish Examiner July 02, 2019 05:03 UTC