The former junior minister Mr Lorcan Allen who was removed from the Fianna Fáil national executive and suspended from the party for at least a year has resigned from several Wexford County Council committees.
Mr Allen currently sits on at least nine committees, including the Protocol Committee.
In a statement read at a council meeting in Wexford today, Mr Allen said he would resign from the committees until his suspension from Fianna Fáil was lifted.
Mr Allen was suspended from the party last week after he admitted circulating bogus election literature purportedly signed by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern.
Mr Allen's membership of council committees includes board membership of the South East Regional Authority, membership of the South East Regional Assembly, the County Development Board, the Corporate Policy Group, and also the Protocol Committee.
Mr Allen's suspension from Fianna Fáil followed a recommendation from the party's rules and procedure committee
Mr Allen claimed full responsibility for sending more than 2,000 letters in pre-paid Oireachtas envelopes in the run-up to the local elections last month.
Fianna Fáil supporters were urged to support Mr Allen over his running mate, Mr Pat Rath. In the event, Mr Allen was elected and Mr Rath failed to be elected.
Mr Allen apologised to Mr Rath in a brief statement at the start of today's council meeting.