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Sunday 20 September 2020
Business group representatives have met the Oireachtas Covid-19 Committee today.
The cost includes more than €9,200 on business class flights to Paraguay for two senators.
Coveney says he has not spoken to Dara Murphy.
Questions have been raised about Murphy’s attendance and expenses when he was a TD.
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.
Three bodies have ruled themselves out of carrying out an investigation.
The finance minister has said he will look for an alternative way to investigate the complaint.
The Dáil Committee on Members’ Interests is to meet on Thursday but questions remain as to whether they have the power to investigate.
Questions still hang over who will carry out the review into Murphy’s expense claims.
Murphy is taking up a €150,000 a year job in the European Commission.
Varadkar says he plans to overhaul the political expenses system.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will visit US President Donald Trump this St Patrick’s Day.
Figures obtained under FOI show how each Department spent on St Patrick’s Day last year.
The changes will kick in in January 2020.
A number of categories like shop assistants, actors and journalists will have their flat-rate expenses withdrawn from 1 January.
O’Donoghue resigned as Ceann Comhairle in 2009 following an expenses controversy.
The petition followed Paisley’s failure to declare two family holidays that were paid for by the Sri Lankan government.
The suspension follows Paisley’s failure to declare two family holidays that were paid for by the Sri Lankan government.
The trips included ‘business-class air travel and helicopter flights’.
Sipo has released details of expenses for 2017.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “surprised” at the decision not to press charges.
“Obviously, in hindsight, it was wrong, there is no question about that,” Richard Hickey said.
Michelle Mulherin told relevant authorities that route changes knocked her travel distance just below the 240km threshold for greater allowances.
Municipal councillors will soon be entitled to €1,000 extra.
Sipo has ruled that Brian Ó Domhnaill contravened ethics legislation, something he has strongly denied.
15 separate referendums have been held in Ireland since 2001.
The disputed expense claims date back to 2006 and 2007, when Brian Ó Domhnaill was a member of Donegal County Council.
Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
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.
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.
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.
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Zappone said the route she uses is the fastest and most efficient in terms of saving time.
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been the most expensive, receiving more than €780,000 in pay and expenses.
The former justice minister is back in the news this week.
Rob Wilson has made 160 claims for under £1.
It’s a bit tricky to arrive at an exact figure.
Bobby Aylward was among over a hundred politicians who received letters about over-claiming expenses six years ago.
That did NOT go down well.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
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