Comments on: Oireachtas expenses 1998 – 2008 http://thestory.ie/2009/10/15/oireachtas-expenses-1998-2008/ Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gerard Cunningham http://thestory.ie/2009/10/15/oireachtas-expenses-1998-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Gerard Cunningham Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:02:13 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=404#comment-429 There's something odd with those figures. None of the additional salaries for ministers or junior ministers appear in the data you've been given. Why have the ministerial allowances (see explanatory document, item 2.1) been excluded from the data? There’s something odd with those figures.

None of the additional salaries for ministers or junior ministers appear in the data you’ve been given. Why have the ministerial allowances (see explanatory document, item 2.1) been excluded from the data?

]]> By: Edward Sheehy http://thestory.ie/2009/10/15/oireachtas-expenses-1998-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Edward Sheehy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:55:55 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=404#comment-405 I suggest you make a file of these FOI responses, the money being demanded, and the hurdles that have to be jumped, and forward it to the Ombudsman asking her for a direction on the matter. I suggest you make a file of these FOI responses, the money being demanded, and the hurdles that have to be jumped, and forward it to the Ombudsman asking her for a direction on the matter.

]]> By: Mark Coughlan http://thestory.ie/2009/10/15/oireachtas-expenses-1998-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Mark Coughlan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:02:10 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=404#comment-391 Unfortunately there's a clause against vexactious campaigns or groups acting in concert... wouldn't be possible. Unfortunately there’s a clause against vexactious campaigns or groups acting in concert… wouldn’t be possible.

]]> By: quartz http://thestory.ie/2009/10/15/oireachtas-expenses-1998-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-388 quartz Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:28:42 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=404#comment-388 Could you organise a few people to make individual smaller FOI requests, which could then be added together to get the same info? Could you organise a few people to make individual smaller FOI requests, which could then be added together to get the same info?

]]> By: valueireland http://thestory.ie/2009/10/15/oireachtas-expenses-1998-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-385 valueireland Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:37:55 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=404#comment-385 Don't these Departments all now have dedicated FOI officers? Surely then getting this information is now actually their job rather than it interfering with any other work? Don’t these Departments all now have dedicated FOI officers? Surely then getting this information is now actually their job rather than it interfering with any other work?

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