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# Politicians' Expenses

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# oireachtas costs
Special advisers to Government ministers' earn over €4.5 million in salaries
The advisers’ pay ranges from €67,659 to €180,276, with 18 of them earning more than €100,000.
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Jan 15th 2021, 7:34 PM
# Dublin
Two teenage boys stabbed in Lucan
The incidents are currently being treated as separate.
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Dec 12th 2020, 10:37 AM
Voices
Opinion: This Seachtain na Gaeilge, we should celebrate the rise of the Gaelscoil Generation
Gaelscoileanna increased in numbers in the last 40 years, and now we have young business leaders with a passion for Gaeilge, writes Daithí de Buitléir.
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Mar 4th 2020, 7:00 PM
# Dáil Expenses
Taoiseach says he's spoken to TD Dara Murphy about the controversy over his Dáil expenses
Varadkar says he plans to overhaul the political expenses system.
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Dec 3rd 2019, 6:03 PM
# Political Parties
Dáil parties got €7.63m in expenses last year - with Fianna Fáil taking the biggest slice
Sipo has released details of expenses for 2017.
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Jul 12th 2018, 2:43 PM
# Washington
St Patrick's Day flights for Taoiseach's entourage cost €37,334
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.
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May 17th 2016, 6:02 AM
# barrett and kitt
Outgoing Dáil Chairmen paid €17,626 in February and March, despite overseeing just four hours of debate
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.
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May 14th 2016, 1:00 AM
# Settling in
TDs claimed more than €500,000 in expenses during March - despite only sitting twice
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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May 14th 2016, 1:00 AM
# Controversy
Manny Pacquiao apologises after comments that gay couples are 'worse than animals'
The boxer was speaking ahead of May elections in the Philippines.
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Feb 16th 2016, 11:00 AM
# public purse
Ministers don't have to explain most of their €1.4 million personal expenses
A new analysis of official figures by TheJournal.ie.
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Jul 20th 2015, 5:30 PM
# flying the swag
Government has spent €700,000 sending Ministers abroad for St Patrick's Day since 2011
If you think that’s steep, check out the previous government’s bill…
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Mar 16th 2015, 6:30 AM
# Allowances
Senators received nearly €2 million in expenses in 2012
The average senator received €32,695 in allowances last year – equal to nearly half of their basic salary.
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Feb 2nd 2013, 7:40 AM
# Allowances
TDs receive €7.2m travel and office allowances for 2012
The Oireachtas has published full figures for 2012. Click through to see how much your TDs received.
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Feb 1st 2013, 3:18 PM
# Australia
230 Irish expected to gain Australian citizenship tomorrow
January 26 is Australia Day, when it is traditional for people from other countries to formally receive Aussie citizenship.
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Jan 25th 2013, 2:08 PM
# Money Money Money
In numbers: How much would we save by abolishing the Seanad?
We’ll be holding a referendum on abolishing the Seanad at some stage in 2013. So how much does it cost us every year?
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Jan 20th 2013, 8:00 AM
# political allowances
Budget 2013: Unvouched expenses will end, but 95 politicians will receive more
There’s also an across-the-board cut for political expenses, while severance pay for office holders will be scrapped.
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Dec 5th 2012, 4:29 PM
# Leaders' Questions
Taoiseach defends ministerial tax breaks for second Dublin homes
The Taoiseach tells Pearse Doherty that cabinet ministers only receive about a tenth of the accommodation allowances that TDs do.
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Nov 28th 2012, 12:14 PM
# Travel allowances
Oireachtas questioning legal advice about use of travel expenses
The head of the Houses of the Oreachtas Commission believes allowances should not cover travel around the country.
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Oct 23rd 2012, 3:48 PM
# Allowances
Review could see TDs recommend cuts to their own allowances
The Public Accounts Committee is to review allowances paid to ministers and others – and could ask for them to be cut.
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Oct 20th 2012, 2:15 PM
# Allowances
Oireachtas members paid €764k allowances for month without sittings
224 of the 226 members of the Dáil and Seanad were paid allowances in August, even though both houses were in recess.
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Oct 1st 2012, 10:14 AM
# horny
Annoying Viral Campaign of the Day
No comment.
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Sep 18th 2012, 10:06 AM
Voices
Column: It’s not just sandal wearing hippies who grow and eat organic food
Science remains divided about organic food and its benefits – so who’s buying it? Grace Maher explains what is happening in our supermarkets.
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Sep 16th 2012, 8:30 AM
# London 2012
In pictures: Art in the Olympic Park
There’s not just sport to look at in the park, there’s art too.
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Aug 6th 2012, 9:30 AM
# Expenses
Taoiseach makes switch to vouched expenses – costing us extra €8k this year
Enda Kenny has opted to start vouching for his parliamentary expenses – and is therefore entitled to higher monthly payments.
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Jun 10th 2012, 7:45 AM
# Politicians' Expenses
One-third of TDs return €210k in unused expenses for 2011
Ministers Eamon Gilmore, Richard Bruton, Ruairí Quinn and Róisín Shortall are among those returning the highest amounts.
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Jun 7th 2012, 8:26 AM
# Transparency
Change to TDs’ expenses reduces chance of similar phone expenses exposé
Reform of the Oireachtas expenses rules in March 2010 means reportage on fraudulent mobile phone expenses can’t be repeated.
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Apr 27th 2012, 3:52 PM
# 30 for 30
Sports film of the week: The Two Escobars
Every week we turn the lights down, get the popcorn on and watch one of your favourites together. Do join us.
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Apr 15th 2012, 9:22 PM
# Honour code
Here's why you can't view a TD's 'vouched' expenses receipts
We thought it would be interesting to ask for a copy for a random TD’s receipts for what they spent their vouched expenses on. We were turned down. This is why.
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Apr 14th 2012, 8:15 AM
# Expenses
Oireachtas committee to scrutinise TDs' new expenses regime
TheJournal.ie first reported in February how a tweak to the expenses system meant TDs could claim twice for some costs.
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Apr 13th 2012, 5:53 PM
Voices
Column: Our politicians are overpaid. It’s time they rejoined the real world.
A new campaign is calling for politicians’ pay to be benchmarked against real jobs. Aaron McKenna explains why the salaries have to shrink.
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Mar 29th 2012, 7:30 AM
# political storms
6 politicians who have got in hot water and 2 who escaped unscathed (maybe)
Irish politcians have been hitting the headlines with their less than kosher dealings.. how do they match up to these international wheelers and dealers?
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Mar 28th 2012, 7:15 AM
# Inkgate
Sinn Féin TD urged to ‘come clean’ over €50,000 use of Dáil printer cartridges
Aengus Ó Snodaigh says his use of 434 printer cartridges between 2007 and 2008 – costing over €50,000 – was merited.
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Feb 28th 2012, 3:26 PM
# Expenses
New rules may allow independent TDs to be paid twice for same expenses
A new regime means independent TDs and Senators are now paid two different kinds of allowance – to cover the same expenses.
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Feb 13th 2012, 10:01 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: more trouble for Ivor Callely, the big Six Nations freeze, and Whitney Houston dies at 48
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Feb 12th 2012, 8:47 AM
# Ivor Callely
Callely arrested in probe over mobile phone receipts
Former junior minister Ivor Callely has been arrested as part of an investigation into the use of fraudulent receipts.
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Jan 25th 2012, 1:52 PM
# Expenses
Ireland’s ‘best-kept secret’: 12 senators receiving €23k annual 'leaders' allowance'
12 independent members of the Seanad are entitled to a little-known allowance of around €23,000 per year, TDs are told.
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Jan 12th 2012, 5:05 PM
# Expenses
Callely win could land taxpayer with €500k legal bill
The Public Accounts Committee is told that Ivor Callely’s legal fees for his Supreme Court challenge could reach hundreds of thousands.
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Jan 12th 2012, 11:46 AM
# Cushy
Study reveals Italian MPs are highest earners in EU
A study commissioned by the Italian government finds that some MPs make €18,000 per month – several times what the Dutch do.
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Jan 4th 2012, 3:07 PM
# Hard Times
Former taoisigh lose mobile phone and secretarial expenses
From yesterday, former taoisigh are no longer entitled to claim expenses for secretarial work and mobile phones from the state.
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Jan 2nd 2012, 12:30 PM
# To the cleaners
Ministers can claim €3,500 tax refund for laundry expenses
Michael Noonan reveals that ministers can take €3,500 off their tax expenses if they need to stay in hotels while in Dublin.
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