THE government wanted to introduce a new system of travel and subsistence expenses right across the public service with one exception … and it’s no ...
There was an interesting discussion on Broadsheet following my last post on the battle to bring the expense claims of TDs and Senators out into the open. You ca...
This is a list of all payments made to outgoing TDs in the weeks following the general election, which was released following an FOI request to the Oireachtas. ...
First, the bad news. An appeal to get access to the invoices and receipts used by TDs and Senators for claiming their expenses has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been...
Some of you will recall my efforts to get access to the invoices and receipts submitted by TDs and Senators as part of their expense claims. I’ve written ...
The option of increasing tax on diesel to cut dangerous emissions was discarded by the outgoing government amid concerns of upsetting road hauliers and increasi...
One of the most widely used – and misused – sections of the Freedom of Information Act is the exemption for “personal information”. Like...
The political expenses regime in Northern Ireland has been the subject of a report by an independent review body. Some of the planned allowances would bring a t...
A personal driver for Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett ended up being paid more than €10,000 in overnight expenses last year because he travelled from his home in t...
We often hear about the cost of Freedom of Information, the large burden it places on public bodies, and the small armies of civil servants who struggle to deal...
