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He owed almost €6,500 to his estranged partner.
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He owed almost €6,500 to his estranged partner.
Whole districts across the country have not received their unsocial hours allowances on time.
The Dáil has risen until 22 September. Thank God, says you…
And who returned a whopping €6.89?
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The GRA said the withdrawal of the allowance would essentially be a pay cut for recruits.
Mark Simmonds said he wants to focus on his family.
Yesterday Minister Brendan Howlin introduced new legislation in the Dail which will keep closer checks on how TDs and Senators spend the money.
Figures from the Department of Social Protection revealed more than 23,000 appeals were lodged in the first ten months of this year.
Dermot Looney’s decision to surrender part of his salary has worked out well for dozens of community groups in the south of the capital.
Gardaí will now have to wait until January to receive the payments earned in November.
House prices in Dublin are up 12.3 per cent, so should people living in the city get a helping hand?
A new bill published yesterday will ensure that unspent allowances from TDs and Senators are repaid for the first time.
The government has published the Oireachtas Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Amendment Bill 2013 today which will deal with the controversial party leaders’ allowance.
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
Reports over the weekend suggested that some cuts to packages for family carers could be in tomorrow’s Budget, but carers say that would be the wrong move.
TDs and Senators have been told to point out that “most if not all members” will have exceeded the minimum number of attendance days to qualify for allowances. In fact, just 15 TDs and four Senators have reached the required number of days.
You can’t spend money you don’t have, writes Seán Murphy, who says Jack O’Connor’s proposal to use the €1 billion promissory note savings and taxing the wealthy is not a viable solution.
The government confirmed last night that it will axe the Mobility Allowance and the Motorised Transport Grant because it would be too costly to widen the schemes to ensure compliance with equality laws.
Most unions are returning to talks today but will the government be able to reach a deal to save €170 million through pay cuts?
The GRA said plans are in place for members to “turn off the goodwill tap” from 22 February if the government refuses to budge on pay cut proposals.
Last night gardaí in Cork City voted unanimously to pass a motion calling for industrial action over proposed cuts to pay and allowances.
The average senator received €32,695 in allowances last year – equal to nearly half of their basic salary.
The Oireachtas has published full figures for 2012. Click through to see how much your TDs received.
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors said the cuts to allowances that were put on the table today are unacceptable.
We’ll be holding a referendum on abolishing the Seanad at some stage in 2013. So how much does it cost us every year?
How many houses will have to pay the ‘mansion tax’? And who could find that Budget 2013 has been generous to them?
There’s also an across-the-board cut for political expenses, while severance pay for office holders will be scrapped.
The Taoiseach tells Pearse Doherty that cabinet ministers only receive about a tenth of the accommodation allowances that TDs do.
The Public Accounts Committee published a report this week on reviewing public allowances. Here’s some of its figures.
The Committee of Public Accounts said the system “brings discredit to the legitimate expectations of public servants for proper pay and recognition”.
The Garda Representative Association said a legacy has developed whereby the time discrepancy for payments can be as much as 56 days.
HSE representatives appearing before the Public Accounts Commitee said most allowances are paid to frontline service provision staff.
In considering the allowances, the committee will compare the Irish system of compensating medical staff with international systems.
Independent TD Catherine Murphy has pulled together figures to illustrate the resource disadvantage of non-party TDs.
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