Report re expenditure of Party Leaders Allowance (2004)

PART 6 Statements of Expenditure and Auditors' Reports received in respect of 2004

A Statement of Expenditure / Public Auditor's Report was received by the Standards Commission from the parliamentary leaders of six of the seven qualifying parties within the specified period (i.e. by 30 April 2005).

The Statement of Expenditure / Public Auditor's Report to be furnished by the parliamentary leader of Fianna Fáil, An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D. was not received by 30 April 2005. The Minister for Finance was informed of the position on 10 May 2005. The material was received on 26 May 2005 and the Minister was informed accordingly.

The Standards Commission has considered the Statements of Expenditure / Public Auditors' Reports and is satisfied that:

i) they do not disclose any expenditure which does not comply with subsection (5) of section 1.10 of the Act,

ii) they are adequate and

iii) they are not inappropriate.

Details of the allowances paid to the parliamentary leaders and an outline of expenditure from the allowances in 2004 are contained in Table 1A, attached. Table 2A provides a breakdown of expenditure from the allowances under the headings set out in section 1.10(14) of the Act.

It should be noted that where funding in respect of a particular year is not spent in that year, it must be accounted for in the statement(s) for the year in which it is actually spent.

A copy of this report will be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. The Statements of Expenditure / Public Auditors' Reports furnished to the Standards Commission may be inspected and copied by members of the public at the offices of the Standards Commission, 18 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. The information will also be available, in summary form, on the website of the Standards Commission www.sipo.gov.ie.

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