dvpower wrote: » No idea.
dvpower wrote: » What did the report find?
Of those audited, Fine Gael TD Derek Keating returned the most after it was found that €7,571 worth of his claims were ineligible. The report showed that he had claimed €13,420 correctly.
Mr Keating said he published all expenditure on his website. He said he accepted the findings, but his interpretation of what was allowed under the scheme was different to the auditor.
Next was fellow Fine Gael TD Ray Butler, who was unable to provide receipts or documentation to show that €4,923.69 was claimed correctly.
as a new TD he didn't completely understand the guidelines, but that he held his hands up and repaid the money
Mr O'Reilly said he accepted the auditors' report and had returned the money.
He made donations to local charities and GAA organisations which he viewed as promotional and was unaware that these did not fall within the scope of the expenses scheme.
Ghandee wrote: » Do you think they tried to defraud the state, or pull the wool over the publics eyes on their expenses?
dvpower wrote: » Were any of the SF or ULA reps defrauding the state?
dvpower wrote: » I think some of it was honest mistakes made in moving from an unvouched to a vouched system and some was out and out fraud. Anyone who thinks that charity donations are reclaimable is a complete incompetent or a liar. I do note that the Mazars report found problems with half of all claims, but you chose to only focus on members of Government parties. Were any of the SF or ULA reps defrauding the state?
Ghandee wrote: » I don't know about SF or ULA reps, the indo didn't name any on their report, but I'd be up in arms if they have been 'dipping in the funds' too.
Le_Dieux wrote: » Ghandee, just goes to prove my assertion that he/she does NOT read links:rolleyes:
dvpower wrote: » It looks like it was Ghandee that didn't read the links. The Indo article was referring to an auditors report, but did either of you actually read the auditors report or are you both relying on your favorite news sources to filter out the stories that you find inconvenient?
Ghandee wrote: » Lol... Looks like the only 'inconvenience' was the fact it was FG/LAB ministers named.Have you a link to the full report?
Ghandee wrote: » Have you a link to the full report?
Le_Dieux wrote: » Don't hold Your breath Ghandee, if the link doesn't suit his/her cause, You know what he/she will do.....press the shun key!
Le_Dieux wrote: » I dono't know how to comment between sentences of another postee:o
Qualitymark wrote: » You type [ QUOTE ] (with the brackets closed in beside the word, and the word typed in capitals) at the beginning of any sentence by the other poster that you want to comment on, and then at the end of that poster's sentence, you type [ /QUOTE ] (again with the brackets closed in on the word, and with a slash added before the word as shown. Give it a try! I think I'll be leaving this thread at this stage; the comments have got too personal and spiteful for my taste, and my ignore list is getting too heavy to carry. (I virtually always add anyone commenting spitefully on another poster to my ignore list; it makes for a more pleasant reading of Boards.)
Qualitymark wrote: » The trouble with the expenses, increments, perks worth thousands like free parking, and enormous salary is mainly that being so very well-paid puts you in a different world. If you're on €200,000, and so are your friends and colleagues, you have no conception of how it is to live on €50,000, or on €22,000, or on €9,700. You think you do, but you don't. (I have friends from a well-off background who have told me that they were very poor when they were first married. Their parents had given them a house!) And the trouble with having a society with a steeply divided Gini coefficient - with people who are very rich, and others who are very poor; with a big difference in incomes - is that it dehumanises us, and it divides us from one another.
Qualitymark wrote: » Average household means that households of all sizes are included, from a single person with a huge income to an extended family of grandparents, children and grandchildren who have lost their work.
Duggys Housemate wrote: » Where's the evidence that the gini index is very high , it's middle by European society as far as I can see.
dvpower wrote: » We're no Sweeden, but we're in there with Germany, France and the Netherlands.
dvpower wrote: » The Revenue are simply taking money that people are robbing from the state by refusing to pay their lawful taxes. Its the slippery slope when you allow thieves simply get away with it.
dvpower wrote: » No idea. What did the report find?
darkhorse wrote: » http://newsletter.independent.ie/5et3dwpcvhg15vff5gpbxv?email=true&i=2&a=6&p=30726255&t=18792874 Take a drive over and tell these people that.
Le_Dieux wrote: » Sure why bother DH? The buffoons in DE would rather give €4m to Zambia ( €700m in overseas aid in total ), not follow up on the usage of said money, and all while Zambia is awash with money. God Almighty, where ARE our government's priorities?????
Bullseye1 wrote: » What about the government robbing money from private pension funds?
Bullseye1 wrote: » Maybe you should read some of these reports on government expenditure and unvouched expenses. It might open your eyes.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said the vast majority of Irish people are able to pay the property tax because they can afford up to €1,000 a year for premium television packages such as 'Sky Sports'. Mr Noonan was speaking in the Seanad last Thursday afternoon as part of the debate on the property tax, where he dismissed opposition claims that a majority of people won't have an ability to pay the new tax, which will be on average €316 per house. The minister was responding to Fianna Fail senator Darragh O'Brien who was requesting he add more exemptions to the tax, which will come into effect from July 1.
"Many people will pay less in property tax than they will pay for a television licence. The charges are quite modest and they will be spread across 1.9 million household units and that allows us to keep the rates down.
Ghandee wrote: » Ok, admit it guys, which one of you lot from the 'yes camp' is actually Noonan?
Le_Dieux wrote: » Wow, this my Xmas wish Ghandee? To guess who IS Noonan? I better not answer as I might open myself to accusations of being an antagonist. Off to Tesco on the Monread now, will mull over Your conundrum LOL
Ghandee wrote: » Call in to the butcher block in the complex.... The meatloaf is out of this world! I'm packing the car, south Derry for the night.
