# expenses - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Social Distancing
# Social Distancing
Business group representatives have met the Oireachtas Covid-19 Committee today.
# expenses - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Travel Expenses
# Travel Expenses
The cost includes more than €9,200 on business class flights to Paraguay for two senators.
# expenses - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Attendance
# Attendance
Coveney says he has not spoken to Dara Murphy.
# expenses - Monday 23 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
Questions have been raised about Murphy’s attendance and expenses when he was a TD.
# expenses - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
Murphy was in Leinster House on 24 sitting days out of 70 in the first nine months of 2019 and just 42 of the 104 sitting days during 2018.
# expenses - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
Three bodies have ruled themselves out of carrying out an investigation.
# expenses - Thursday 12 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
The finance minister has said he will look for an alternative way to investigate the complaint.
# expenses - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
The Dáil Committee on Members’ Interests is to meet on Thursday but questions remain as to whether they have the power to investigate.
# expenses - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
Questions still hang over who will carry out the review into Murphy’s expense claims.
# expenses - Thursday 5 December, 2019
# Absenteeism
# Absenteeism
Murphy is taking up a €150,000 a year job in the European Commission.
# expenses - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# Dáil Expenses
# Dáil Expenses
Varadkar says he plans to overhaul the political expenses system.
# expenses - Monday 11 March, 2019
# St Patrick's Day
# St Patrick's Day
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will visit US President Donald Trump this St Patrick’s Day.
# expenses - Saturday 9 March, 2019
# Ireland Connected
# Ireland Connected
Figures obtained under FOI show how each Department spent on St Patrick’s Day last year.
# expenses - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
# Taxes
# Taxes
The changes will kick in in January 2020.
# expenses - Monday 19 November, 2018
# Tax
# Tax
A number of categories like shop assistants, actors and journalists will have their flat-rate expenses withdrawn from 1 January.
# expenses - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
# Kerry
# Kerry
O’Donoghue resigned as Ceann Comhairle in 2009 following an expenses controversy.
# expenses - Thursday 20 September, 2018
# House Of Commons
# House Of Commons
The petition followed Paisley’s failure to declare two family holidays that were paid for by the Sri Lankan government.
# expenses - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Fighting On
# Fighting On
The suspension follows Paisley’s failure to declare two family holidays that were paid for by the Sri Lankan government.
# expenses - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
# Ceylon Farewell
# Ceylon Farewell
The trips included ‘business-class air travel and helicopter flights’.
# expenses - Thursday 12 July, 2018
# Political Parties
# Political Parties
Sipo has released details of expenses for 2017.
# expenses - Wednesday 10 May, 2017
# Nothing To Declare
# Nothing To Declare
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “surprised” at the decision not to press charges.
# expenses - Thursday 20 April, 2017
# Travel Expenses
# Travel Expenses
“Obviously, in hindsight, it was wrong, there is no question about that,” Richard Hickey said.
# expenses - Sunday 5 March, 2017
# An Honest Day's Work
# An Honest Day's Work
Michelle Mulherin told relevant authorities that route changes knocked her travel distance just below the 240km threshold for greater allowances.
# expenses - Tuesday 24 January, 2017
# Local Government
# Local Government
Municipal councillors will soon be entitled to €1,000 extra.
# expenses - Sunday 22 January, 2017
# Donegal County Council
# Donegal County Council
Sipo has ruled that Brian Ó Domhnaill contravened ethics legislation, something he has strongly denied.
# expenses - Monday 2 January, 2017
# Voting Costs
# Voting Costs
15 separate referendums have been held in Ireland since 2001.
# expenses - Saturday 22 October, 2016
# SIPO
# SIPO
The disputed expense claims date back to 2006 and 2007, when Brian Ó Domhnaill was a member of Donegal County Council.
# expenses - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
# expenses - Tuesday 17 May, 2016
# Washington
# Washington
Delays and uncertainty in the formation of a new government meant the tickets were booked just four days in advance – costing €9,257 for Enda Kenny alone.
# expenses - Saturday 14 May, 2016
# Barrett And Kitt
# Barrett And Kitt
As Ceann Comhairle and Leas Ceann Comhairle, Seán Barrett and Michael Kitt continued to be paid salary and expenses, even when the Dáil was broken up for the election.
# Settling In
# Settling In
It brings to €3.4 million the amount known to have been paid to TDs and Ministers between the general election and the formation of the new government.
# expenses - Monday 25 April, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
And are they really “doing nothing”? TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck is on the case.
# expenses - Sunday 24 April, 2016
# Expenses
# Expenses
Zappone said the route she uses is the fastest and most efficient in terms of saving time.
# expenses - Sunday 31 January, 2016
# Behind The Curtain
# Behind The Curtain
Which minister spends most on their own staff? A new analysis of official figures by TheJournal.ie
# expenses - Friday 18 September, 2015
# Expenses
# Expenses
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been the most expensive, receiving more than €780,000 in pay and expenses.
# expenses - Wednesday 19 August, 2015
# Shatter-ing Myths
# Shatter-ing Myths
The former justice minister is back in the news this week.
# expenses - Tuesday 21 July, 2015
# Expenses
# Expenses
Rob Wilson has made 160 claims for under £1.
# expenses - Sunday 24 May, 2015
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
It’s a bit tricky to arrive at an exact figure.
# expenses - Friday 15 May, 2015
# By-election
# By-election
Bobby Aylward was among over a hundred politicians who received letters about over-claiming expenses six years ago.
# expenses - Sunday 1 March, 2015
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