FULL Disclosure of Expenses called for.............

PRESS RELEASE

Ger Walsh
Independent Political Activist
Gorey
Wexford

REALISTIC Salary Structures for Irish Politicians called for...........

FULL Disclosure of Expenses called for.............

Politicians overpaid, and under-worked who pay themselves salaries which are above the norm when compared to other juristictions and have persisted in supporting a system which allows them to claim unvouched often mythical expenses.

Is this not Unreal ???

Why is this situation allowed to continue when all it takes is an instruction to
produce evidence, like a genuine receipt, along with claim. ???

Why are expense claims not published on a monthly basis for the public to view and help them form continuing judgement on the performance of their elective representatives ??

John O'Donoghue has been paid a total of €542,288 in expenses and salary since June 2007.
He will make a long-awaited statement on his expenses bill before the Dail resumes on September 16.
However, rather than answer questions directly he is preparing to lodge a written submission into the Dail library.

Great, prevaricate, delay, hide it away and it may go away seems to be the approach.
He should be forced to provide a press release and publish details on the internet.

To pick just one example ...

Since the May 24 2007 election €3,054,324 in taxpayers money has been used to pay the expenses and salaries of Kerry's nine Oireachtas representatives.

SENATORS have netted an extra €5.6m above their basic pay over the past two years -- an average of nearly €94,000 per politician.


Do we really need to continue to provide all this money to our public representatives ,?? remember some of them are not even elected by you

"Finance Minister Brian Lenihan is contemplating implementing a new all-in-one expenses system to replace the current regime." The key word here is "contemplating", meantime there is still no change.

Remember that most of our politicians, opposed the 10pc cut imposed by Brian Lenihan this year.

It is now certain that we can continue to expect concentrated resistance to any proposed reform in this area by the overwhelming majority of those currently representing us.

We are calling on the general public to lobby TD's and Senators and request that they implement immediately a realistic transparent and accountable salary structure and expenses regime that is appropriate and reflects reality.

We the general public and our future generations now have to pay for the Banks & Developer's mistakes, unemployment continues to rise, private sector workers are taking cuts in their salaries
yet the majority of our Politicians continue to refuse to set an appropriate example.


JOIN OUR PROTEST DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE DAIL on Sep 16TH @ 14.00


Ger Walsh 04.09.09
Info@GerWalsh.ie