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Report re spending at Dáil General Election of 2002 (Text)

Appendix 7: Details of election agents (and their candidates) who accounted for election expenses exceeding the expenditure limit applicable to them at the election.

Candidate, election agent and constituency. Expenditure limit available to election agent.
Total election expenses accounted for by election agent.
Amount of expenditure in excess of limit.
Amount of expenditure which was met out of public funds.*
Bertie Ahern TD
(Chris Wall)
Dublin Central
15,871.72 32,093.76 16,222.04 20,643.70
Bernard Allen TD
(Denis Ahern)
Cork North Central
20,951.14 22,785.94 1,834.80 2,941.35
Sen. Paul Bradford
(Barry Donohue)
Cork East
16,805.45 21,406.43 4,600.98 5,413.20
Martin Brady TD
(Tom Fitzpatrick)
Dublin North East
12,697.38 13,594.00 896.62 2,619.00
Seamus Brennan TD
(Hugh Mohan)
Dublin South
19,046.14 32,224.83 13,178.69 14,093.15
Sen. Ulick Burke
(Michael Cooney)
Galway East
16,805.45 20,079.95 3,274.50 3,597.08
Hugh Byrne
(Denis Asple)
Wexford
19,046.14 19,209.39 163.25 3,297.00
Donal Carey
(David Williams)
Clare
12,448.45 12,496.00 47.55 3,016.00
Frank Chambers
(Evan O'Dwyer)
Mayo
19,046.07 19,823.13 777.06 3,707.91
Michael Collins TD
(Niall Collins)
Limerick West
15,871.76 17,866.95 1,995.19 3,109.14
Paul Connaughton TD
(Michael Cooney)
Galway East
16,805.45 16,999.44 193.99 4,124.50
Mary Coughlan TD
(Vincent Breslin)
Donegal South West
12,697.76 48,969.34 36,271.58 41,699.21
Brian Cowen TD
(Ger Connolly)
Laois / Offaly
19,046.07 29,380.34 10,344.27 13,393.78
Michael Creed
(Fergal Walsh)
Cork North West
13,309.76 16,283.14 2,973.38 4,082.48
John Cregan TD
(Niall Collins)
Limerick West
15,971.76 17,597.94 1,626.18 1,642.20
Martin Cullen TD
(Pat Leahy)
Waterford
15,872.45 34,492.91 18,620.46 18,693.11
Austin Currie
(John Mullin)
Dublin Mid-West
15,744.76 19,899.01 4,154.25 4,194.41
Noel Davern TD
(John P. Hartnett)
Tipperary South
12,697.76 20,247.23 7,549.47 14,850.91
Noel Dempsey TD
(Brendan Gogarty)
Meath
19,045.53 39,152.65 20,107.12 25,662.80
Síle De Valera TD
(Michael Halpin)
Clare
15,871.72 16,467.86 596.14 12,258.38
Frank Fahey TD
(Joe Arkins)
Galway West
19,046.14 33,185.00 14,138.86 16,124.00
John Farrelly
(Des Clancy)
Meath
15,871.72 18,607.29 2,735.57 3,300.00
Michael Finucane TD
(Richard Wolfe)
Limerick West
13,604.76 16,805.00 3,200.24 4,005.00
Tom Fleming
(Patrick O'Connor)
Kerry South
14,597.38 15,000 402.62 502.00
Sean Fleming TD
(Paddy Lalor)
Laois/Offaly
19,046.14 21,888.22 2,842.08 4,942.48
Pat the Cope Gallagher TD
(Vincent Breslin)
Donegal South West
12,697.76 12,717.31 19.55 2,630.99
Mary Hanafin TD
(Louis Dockery)
Dun Laoighaire
19,046.07 27,027.63 7,981.56 14,866.09
Mary Harney TD
(Alan McGaughey)
Dublin Mid-West
23,994.76 24,074.04 79.28 3,825.99
Sen. Jim Higgins
(Sean O'Connell)
Mayo
11,642.14 15,516.21 3,874.07 5,762.48
Joe Jacob TD
(Padraig McCartan)
Wicklow
22,046.14 31,689.65 9,643.51 15,982.71
Sen. Brendan Kenneally
(Frank King)
Waterford
15,871.73 18,040.96 2,169.23 4,005.60
Sen. Michael Kitt
(Michael F.Dolan)
Galway East
15,872.45 17,427.00 1,554.55 2,308.00
Tom Kitt TD
(Hugh Mohan)
Dublin South
19,046.14 36,683.53 17,637.39 18,550.81
Brian Lenihan TD
(Tony Lynam Loane)
Dublin West
12,697.38 14,951.60 2,254.22 6,252.70
Michael Moynihan TD
(John Moylan)
Cork North West
19,046.07 21,155.80 2,109.73 3,164.94
Padraic McCormack, TD
(Tom Hyland)
Galway West
17,592.14 20,014.80 2,422.66 3,328.75
Charlie McCreevy TD
(Willie Callaghan)
Kildare North
12,697.76 23,467.57 10,769.81 14,482.33
Jim McDaid TD
(Francis Conaghan)
Donegal North East
12,697.76 17,225.55 4,527.79 10,401.10
Paul McGrath TD
(Eamonn Barrett)
Westmeath
13,604.76 17,034.99 3,430.23 5,227.62
Dan Neville TD
(Richard Wolfe)
Limerick West
13,604.76 15,479.00 1,874.24 2,959.00
Eamon Ó Cuiv TD
(Joe Arkins)
Galway West
19,046.14 38,383.00 19,336.86 22,305.00
Willie O'Dea TD
(Willie O'Dea TD)
Limerick East
19,038.14 32,260.54 13,222.40 16,475.78
John O'Donoghue TD
(Pat O'Connor)
Kerry South
12,697.76 41,540.00 28,842.24 30,466.00
Sen. Mary O'Rourke
(Michael Donnellan)
Westmeath
12,697.38 22,048.00 9,350.62 11,453.30
Nora Owen
(Michael Branagan)
Dublin North
16,805.62 19,375.71 2,570.09 3,120.48
Therese Ridge
(John Mullin)
Dublin Mid-West
10,394.76 12,834.15 2,439.39 2,653.41
Eoin Ryan, TD
(Andy O'Callaghan)
Dublin South East
15,872.45 32,527.22 16,654.77 17,244.29
Michael Smith TD
(Jim Ryan)
Tipperary North
12,697.76 14,668.79 1,971.03 5,858.00
David Stanton TD
(Barry Donohue)
Cork East
16,805.45 17,404.87 599.42 3,689.79
Billy Timmins TD
(Edward Timmins)
Wicklow
17,141.46 19,911.20 2,769.74 3,221.79
Noel Treacy TD
(Michael F.Dolan)
Galway East
15,872.45 22,869.00 6,996.55 8,327.00
Danny Wallace TD
(Saundra McNally)
Cork North Central
19,046.14 28,906.51 9,860.37 15,493.63
Mary Wallace TD
(Brendan Gogarty)
Meath
19,045.53 22,892.27 3,846.74 8,600.78
Joe Walsh TD
(Shane O'Neill)
Cork South West
12,697.76 21,310.98 8,613.22 10,479.76
Michael Woods TD
(Tom Fitzpatrick)
Dublin North East
12,697.38 22,383.00 9,685.62 11,591.00
G.V. Wright TD
(Brian Fowler)
Dublin North
15,868.45 19,831.00 3,962.55 5,734.00

* The figures in this column represent expenditure met out of public funds which was accounted for by candidates' election agents only. It does not include expenditure in respect of a candidate which was met out of public funds and accounted for by the national agent of his / her political party.

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