Comments on: Dick Roche claimed €50k in mileage in two years

By: Dick Roche in lucky escape - Page 4

Dick Roche in lucky escape - Page 4 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:34:46 +0000

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By: Sod You, Dick Roche | Micro Cosmopolitan

Sod You, Dick Roche | Micro Cosmopolitan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:11:30 +0000

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Department of Foreign Affairs Expenses data 2009 – The Story — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:25:54 +0000

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By: disgracedminister

disgracedminister — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:50:22 +0000

Can’t a guy travel in style these days? He’s trying to help the irish economy by increasing spending.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:31:56 +0000

“I don’t think that (€19,710) is necessarily that much”, says Ahern.
How many miles a day is that, for someone who lives 3 miles from the Dail (http://bit.ly/aoAiZ8) in one of the smaller constituencies in the country?

By: Markham

Markham — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:47:57 +0000

Mairtin Ó Fainin’s claim is pretty low given that his residence is in Canberra, and many of his engagements with Irish community groups would require him to cross large distances in Australia. A good portion of that would be flown, however. I’d say his bill for internal flights is large enough, if there’s an ‘incident’ involving an Irish national in Australia he’ll generally fly out to deal with it, or a member of his staff will.

His deputy, Consul-General Pat Scullion, covers the vast bulk of Sydney engagements from his base in the economic capital of Australia, while Mr Ó Fainin would cover most things south of Canberra and into Melbourne, etc.

By: Daniel Sullivan

Daniel Sullivan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:46:01 +0000

Liz C, is that 116 per day including weekends and national holidays or just the normal 5 working days. Cos if it is 365 per days then the reality could be even worse.

By: Liz C

Liz C — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:30:55 +0000

2008 mileage is here: http://www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=5326 By my calculations he is claiming for 42373 miles. Or 116 miles per day. Fair bit of wear on the car, I’d say.