01/06/04 - Report on expenditure of the Party Leaders Allowance (2003)

Statements of Expenditure and Public Auditors' Reports, in respect of 2003, furnished to the Standards in Public Offices Commission, pursuant to Section 1.10(11)(a) and Section 1.10(11)(d) of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices)(Amendment) Act, 2001.

Report by the Standards in Public Office Commission to the Minister for Finance in accordance with Section 1(10)(11)(e) of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act, 2001.

Standards in Public Office Commission,
18 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
Telephone (01) 6395666 Fax (01) 6395684
email: sipo@ombudsman.gov.ie
Website: http://www.sipo.ie
June 2004

Table of Contents

Foreword

PART 1 Introduction

PART 2 Relevant provisions of the legislation

PART 3 Correspondence with parliamentary leaders

PART 4 Statements of Expenditure and Public Auditors' Reports received in respect of 2003

Table 1: Details of funding of parliamentary leaders of qualified political parties under the Party Leaders Allowance in 2003

Table 2: Detailed breakdown of spending of funding received by the parliamentary leaders of qualified political parties under the Party Leaders Allowance.