Commission On Standards In Public Office Report For 2002

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday June 20, 2003 20:21 by Dorothy Gale

Joe Higgins No Longer On Workers Wage

The Commission On Standards In Public Office Report For 2002 brings up some surprises, one being Joe Higgins only gave €6,000 to the SP in 2002. ( This is what Joe declared to the Commission. It is reported in todays Irish Times.)

It looks as if Joe is no longer restricted to the Average Industrial Wage. This is odd as the SP always makes a big thing of this. In 2001 Joe gave almost 3 times as much to the SP. Now with his much increased salary, Dail expenses, Council salary and expenses , Joe really is rolling in it.
Are the rest of the SP fulltimers are still on the AIW? Not very happy if this is the case I would imagine.

Other interesting things: RYANAIR donates to the PDs. FF had to refund donations to 3 separate companies, they "accidently" accepted amounts over the limit.