2Pack
March 27, 2009, 11:21am
#1
Nothing surprising about this
Tipperary Property Developer is big in Fianna Fáil
Runs for Seanad, as you do .
Dispenses large amounts of brown envelopes but still fails to get elected .
Disclosure optional until forced to make a disclosure.
irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire … 53575.html
A TIPPERARY businessman who made an unsuccessful bid to win a Seanad seat two years ago failed to disclose that he donated €17,000 to Fianna Fáil and its members in the run-up to the 2007 general election, according to a new report from the State’s ethics watchdog.
5 of 11 Recipients of NOTIFIABLE DONATIONS , all Fianna Fáilers **NEVER DISCLOSED THE ( ahem) DONATIONS EITHER **
The other 6 were below the threshhold for notifying the donations .
Mr O’Meara’s statement disclosed he made 18 separate donations totalling €17,635 to Fianna Fáil and its members in 2007. It also emerged that five of the 11 donations that were above the disclosure threshold of €635 had not been included in their donation statements by the general election candidates who received them.
Mr O’Meara’s statement said he had made donations of €1,000 each to **Senator Cecelia Keaveney **(Donegal North East); **Senator Lisa McDonald **(Wexford); **Deputy Michael Fitzpatrick **(Kildare North) and to **Councillor Patrick Boshell for an election fund on behalf of Deputy Thomas Byrne **(Meath East). He also stated that he had paid a €2,000 cheque to Councillor Tom Fleming , an unsuccessful candidate in Kerry South, in the 2007 elections.
The five eventually blustered out their excuses as you can see if you read the rest of the article .
Why am I not surprised??
spqr64
March 27, 2009, 12:45pm
#2
Now I ask you, why do you think this country is focked and would this type of person in government have anything to do with it?
2Pack:
(Donegal North East); **Senator Lisa McDonald **(Wexford); **Deputy Michael Fitzpatrick **(Kildare North) and to **Councillor Patrick Boshell for an election fund on behalf of Deputy Thomas Byrne **(Meath East). He also stated that he had paid a €2,000 cheque to Councillor Tom Fleming , an unsuccessful candidate in Kerry South, in the 2007 elections.
Kerry, Kildare, Wexford, Donegal, Meath… Spreading the love! I like it!
So, he “Spent” 17k and got nothing. At least he will know that they will have to increase his offer next time.
Sure a seat in the Seanad is surely “worth” more that 17k. I couldnt possiblly put that offer to my Vendor.
Sure does bring the poisition of a seat in the Senate into focus. Seems very much like how the House of Lords is filled. It’s a status symbol and nothing more.
You’ve done the property development thing and made your millions but you want more. Hell, everyone’s a property millionaire these days, even that damn John McGuire. You’ve sent your children, Saoirse and Aonghus, to that Irish speaking school and your wife is spending a year in Florence with the Accountant.
You want people to notice you when you walk into the Golf club. I suppose you could run for the Dail or local government but that’s for the little people. Status symbol, status symbol, that’s what I need, but what? Merc? Got one. 4x4? Got one. Trophy wife? In Florence as per the Accountants instructions. Senator? Hmmm…
so the disclosure limit is ‘per donation’?
So If I gave a politician 600 quid on monday, another 600 quid on tuesday and another 600 quid on wednesday, I wouldn’t have to declare any of that money?
EireClare:
so the disclosure limit is ‘per donation’?
So If I gave a politician 600 quid on monday, another 600 quid on tuesday and another 600 quid on wednesday, I wouldn’t have to declare any of that money?
There’s an overall cap per politician per annum, I think it’s 5k, might be less… Is there an overall party limit? I forget…
