Independent TD
for Waterford John Halligan is one of five TD’s that form the Independent Alliance
Group in Dáil Éireann spent more than €15,000 of public money on entertainment
in 2016 it has been announced.
The Independent
Alliance is chaired by Senator Feargal Quinn was founded in January 2015 by
five Independent TDs Michael Fitzmaurice, Tom Fleming, John Halligan, Finian
McGrath and Shane Ross.
Sean Canney,
John Halligan, Finian McGrath, Kevin (Boxer) Moran and Shane Ross are the
current TD’s in the group.
The figure of
€15,000 is contained in the latest report for the Standards in Public Office
Commission on public spending for 2016.
The report
states that the majority of the spending was on events for TD’s staff and on
catering for events in their constituencies.
The report also
shows that Independent TD’s spent over €63,000 last year getting specialist and
technical advice to help them in parliamentary work.
None of the
political parties in the Oireachtas are reported as spending on entertainment.
Parties in the Oireachtas are funded under different rules when it comes to
spending on entertainment.
The report
states that over €8 Million was spent by politicians and political parties of
public funds in 2016.
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