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Leaders' Allowance

# leaders-allowance - Saturday 15 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Prime Numbers

Teeth, taxes and Junior Certs: the week in numbers

Just HOW well did Ireland do at the Paralympics? And which country’s population has the most smokers?

# leaders-allowance - Tuesday 11 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should Mick Wallace claim the Leader’s Allowance?

The Independent TD has defended his acceptance of the ‘Leader’s Allowance’, saying he will use it for research purposes.

# leaders-allowance - Monday 3 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Leaders' Allowance

Explainer: What happens to Socialist Party funding now that Clare Daly is gone?

Clare Daly has asked the Socialist Party to pass on some of the allowance it gets for her membership. What’s going on?

# leaders-allowance - Friday 13 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Expenses

Oireachtas committee to scrutinise TDs’ new expenses regime

TheJournal.ie first reported in February how a tweak to the expenses system meant TDs could claim twice for some costs.

# leaders-allowance - Saturday 18 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie In Numbers

Prime numbers: the week in stats

Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…

# leaders-allowance - Friday 17 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Leaders' Allowance

Controversial allowance for independent TDs will be reviewed

Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has pledged to examine the leaders’ allowance, which is also given to independent senators.

# leaders-allowance - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Expenses

Government blocks Seanad move to abolish unvouched independents’ allowance

An amendment moved by independent Senators making the ‘leaders’ allowance’ vouched has been defeated by the government.

# leaders-allowance - Monday 13 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Expenses

New rules may allow independent TDs to be paid twice for same expenses Exclusive

A new regime means independent TDs and Senators are now paid two different kinds of allowance – to cover the same expenses.

# leaders-allowance - Saturday 14 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie In Numbers

Prime numbers: the week in stats

How many Irish towns are ‘clean’? How much for an e-voting machine? And just how hard can a Sudoku be?

# leaders-allowance - Thursday 12 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Thursday

In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?

From TheJournal.ie Expenses

Ireland’s ‘best-kept secret’: 12 senators receiving €23k annual ‘leaders’ allowance’

12 independent members of the Seanad are entitled to a little-known allowance of around €23,000 per year, TDs are told.