The 32 elected members of Waterford City and
County Council were paid €551,369-30 in expenses between them for the first six
months of the Councils history, a report in this week’s Dungarvan Observer
shows.
The report by Paul Mooney shows that all 32
councillors were paid a representation allowance of €9,569-30 from the time
they were elected midway through the year until the end of 2014.
Five Councillors (John Carey {FG}, John
Hearne {SF}, Joe Kelly {IND), Michael J O’Ryan {FF} and Lola O’Sullivan {FG) were
paid a further €3,449-70 SPC Allowance.
James Tobin {FF} was paid a taxable allowance
of €11,279-82 for filling the position of Chairman and a further non-taxable
allowance of €5,639-84 for filling the same position.
Mayor of the Waterford City/Tramore
Metropolitan area Lola O’Sullivan {FG} received a taxable allowance of
€5,001-92 and a non-taxable allowance of €5,043-98 for filling the position.
Damien Geoghegan {FG} as leader of the
Dungarvan/Lismore area was paid a taxable €909-10 and a non-taxable €2,915-67
while his Comeragh Area counterpart Michael J O’Ryan {FF} received a €552-90
which was taxable and €2,765-09 which was not taxable.
14 of the 32 Councillors did not claim
conference expenses which consists of Subsistence Allowances, Travel Mileage
and Booking Fees.
Of the 18 Councillors that did claim the
above expenses, Michael J O’Ryan (FF) claim the least (€86-90) while party Tommy
Cronin claimed the highest expenses (€2,520-11) just ahead of another Fianna
Fail representative John O’Leary (€2, 269-44) and Labours sole representative
on the Council John Pratt (€2,205-15).
The full list of those that claimed such
expenses are Michael J O’Ryan (€86-90), Declan Clune (€133-90), Sean Reinhardt
(€326-72), Eddie Mulligan (€441-70), Jason Murphy (€514-19), James Tobin
(€581-20), Seanie Power (€777-55), Mary Butler (€794-69), Liam Brazil
(€895-48), Pat Nugent (€1,005-02), Laurence O’Neill (€1,333-71), Damien
Geoghegan (€1,346-71), John Carey (€1,347-43), Declan Doocey (€1,488-48), Joe
Conway (€1,963-39), John Pratt (€2,205-15), John O’Leary (€2,269-44) and Tommy
Cronin (€2,520-11).
Of the 12 councillors that claimed mobile
phone expenses, John Pratt (Lab) was paid the least (€112-28) while Laurence O’Neill
received the highest payment (€541-47).
In total €306,217-60 was paid in
representational allowances from June to December 2014. Expenses for the same
time period amounted to €163,840-65, SPC Allowances amounted to €17,348-50,
Mayor/Chairperson and Vice Mayor/Chairperson expenses amounted to €20,731-69
which was taxable with a further €19,849-81 which is untaxable was paid out.
€4,177-81 was paid in Subsistence Allowances,
€13,107-83 in Travel Allowances and €2,7460-19 was paid in booking fees, while
€3,339-22 was paid out in mobile phone expenses.
Waterford County and City Councillors
Expenses – June to December 2014
Declan Clune – Sinn Féin – Comeragh Area - €14,252-16
Breda Brennan – Sinn Féin – Waterford City
South - €14,427-35
Davy Daniels – Ind. – Waterford City East - €14,427-35
Eamon Quinlan – Fianna Fail –
Tramore/Waterford City West - €14,427-35
Siobhan Whelan – Sinn Fein –
Dungarvan/Lismore - €14,427-35
Adam Gary Wyse – Fianna Fail – Waterford City
East - €14,427-35
Blaise Hannigan – Ind. – Tramore/Waterford
City West - €14,617-35
Sean Reinhardt – Ind. – Waterford City South
- €14,754-07
Mary Roche – Ind. – Waterford City East -
€14,904-70
Pat Fitzgerald – Sinn Fein – Waterford City
East - €14,929-55
Jim Griffin – Sinn Fein – Tramore/Waterford
City West - €14,929-55
Seamus O’Donnell – Ind. – Dungarvan/Lismore -
€15,006-80
Mary Butler – Fianna Fail – Comeragh -
€15,078-38
Eddie Mulligan – Fianna Fail – Waterford City
East - €15,087-29
Liam Brazil – Fine Gael – Comeragh -
€15,225-97
Pat Nugent – Fine Gael – Dungarvan/Lismore -
€15,432-37
Seanie Power – Fine Gael – Comeragh -
€15,474-35
Laurence O’Neill – Ind. – Waterford City
South - €16,302-53
John O’Leary – Fianna Fail – Comeragh -
€16,464-89
Joe Conway – Ind. – Tramore/Waterford City
West - €16,700-74
Declan Doocey – Fine Gael – Dungarvan/Lismore
- €17,345-33
Tommy Cronin – Fianna Fail – Dungarvan/Lismore
- €17,797-36
John Cummins – Fine Gael – Waterford City
South - €17,798-08
John Hearne – Sinn Fein – Waterford City
South - €17,877-05
Joe Kelly – Ind. – Tramore/Waterford City
South - €17,877-05
Jason Murphy – Fianna Fail – Waterford City
South - €18,325-24
John Pratt – Labour – Dungarvan/Lismore - €18,483-28
Damien Geoghegan – Fine Gael – Dungarvan/Lismore
- €19,842-63
John Carey – Fine Gael – Waterford City East
- €19,842-63
Michael J O’Ryan – Fianna Fail – Comeragh -
€22,652-81
Lola O’Sullivan – Fine Gael –
Tramore/Waterford City West - €28,463-75
James Tobin – Fianna Fail – Dungarvan/Lismore
– 433,859-91
The Fianna Fail members on the council received
an average of €18,680-06
The Fine Gael members on the council received
an average of €18,666-48
The sole Labour member of the council received
€18,483-28
The Independent members of the council received
an average of €15-573-82
The Sinn Fein members of the council received
an average of €15,140-50
The Average payment for the members of
Waterford City East was €15,603-15
The Average payment for the members of Comeragh
was €16,524-93
The Average payment for the members of Waterford
City South was €16,580-72
The Average payment for the members of Tramore/Waterford
City West was €17,835-95
The Average payment for the members of Dungarvan/Lismore
was €19.012-59
