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Private Papers update: Information Commissioner refuses to re-examine his decision on keeping political expenses secret

Posted on August 10, 2016 by kenfoxe / 3 Comments

The saga of politicians, their expenses and whether they should be considered “private papers” has been rumbling on for almost two years now. Unfo...

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The scourge of politicians and their “private papers”

Posted on April 21, 2016 by kenfoxe / 1 Comment

ONE of the most common criticisms politicians have of journalists is that they are obsessed with TD’s expenses and government waste. Quite aside from the...

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How long did it take to change the rules to keep political expenses secret? All of seventeen seconds

Posted on April 15, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

There was an interesting discussion on Broadsheet following my last post on the battle to bring the expense claims of TDs and Senators out into the open. You ...

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Irish politicians introduced a “new protection” which stops their expense claims being made public

Posted on April 11, 2016 by kenfoxe / 2 Comments

First, the bad news. An appeal to get access to the invoices and receipts used by TDs and Senators for claiming their expenses has, perhaps unsurprisingly, be...

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Ending the secrecy that surrounds political expenses in Ireland – the battle resumes

Posted on April 1, 2016 by kenfoxe / 1 Comment

Some of you will recall my efforts to get access to the invoices and receipts submitted by TDs and Senators as part of their expense claims. I’ve written ...

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Five reasons (and counting) on why Ireland’s political expenses system is in dire need of reform

Posted on March 24, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

The political expenses regime in Northern Ireland has been the subject of a report by an independent review body. Some of the planned allowances would bring a ...

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The cost of Freedom of Information?

Posted on March 15, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

We often hear about the cost of Freedom of Information, the large burden it places on public bodies, and the small armies of civil servants who struggle to deal...

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Political Expenses, Pay and Pension Databases

Posted on January 28, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

With the election coming up, these databases of political pay, expenses, pensions, and allowances may all again prove of interest. First up was the database of ...

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