Sinn Féin nominates Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell as new PAC chair:
Party names replacement for former TD Brian Stanley on influential committee
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Sinn Féin puts forward Mairéad Farrell for PAC chairLabour will not facilitate the nomination, while Government TDs say they will not work with a new Sinn Féin PAC chair.
Key FactsOct 16, 2024 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: irishtimes.com
- Sinn Féin has decided to nominate Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell to chair the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in place of former TD Brian Stanley.
- Labour has signalled opposition to the nomination, while Government TDs said they would not work with a new Sinn Féin chair of the PAC.
- The nomination is expected to be discussed by the Dáil business committee on Thursday, 17 October 2024, before Farrell’s name is likely to go to the Dáil for approval the following week.
- Stanley resigned from Sinn Féin last weekend and strongly criticised an internal inquiry into a complaint; the complaint contained no criminal allegations, and Sinn Féin later referred the matter to the Gardaí.
"The Public Accounts Committee performs a very important function in its scrutiny of how public money is spent and holding the government and other bodies to account," she said. "It is particularly important when we have a government that is synonymous with serial waste and incompetence when it comes to the public purse".— Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader, in a statement accompanying the nomination; emphasised the PAC's role and criticised government waste
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