The high-profile Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has come under fire from another committee for straying beyond its remit and inquiring into areas in the prison services. Justice Committee chair Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin lodged a complaint about PAC with the Ceann Comhairle. Picture: Gareth ChaneyAn annoyed chair of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, has complained about PAC and has now demanded that its chairman and TDs on that body “confine” themselves to “issues that are clearly within its remit”. The criticism was lodged with the Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, in recent days. PAC has faced criticism previously for covering areas outside its remit, but rarely from a fellow committee chair.

Source: Irish Examiner February 07, 2019 04:30 UTC