DONEGAL County Council is to clamp down on compliance with internal policies and procedures following a report drawn up by an independent auditor. A financial inspection highlighted multiple breaches of travel and subsistence policy including that some staff claimed expenses to locations that were on their normal route to and from work. Of the 120 […]
Councillors continue to be paid thousands to attend conferences
DESPITE a recruitment embargo and savage cuts to the Donegal County Council budget, councillors continue to be paid tens of thousands of euro to attend conferences up and down the country.
Minister orders expenses change after Donegal councillor ruling
ENVIRONMENT Minister Alan Kelly has ordered a crackdown on councillors who submit incorrect expenses and instructed that rules for claims to be overhauled after a former Donegal councillor “intentionally” broke ethics legislation.
Councillor highlights expenses concerns raised by Donegal News
INDEPENDENT Councillor Dessie Shiels has expressed his opposition to councillors going to a conference to be held in Cork this Friday.