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Sat 08 Aug 2010Expenses reform: a tale of smoke and mirrors
OPINION:The attitude on political expenses still appears to be one of ‘if the member signs the form, we file it’, writes ENID O'DOWD
POLITICIANS’ EXPENSES are in the news again, and for all the wrong reasons. Doubtless politicians of all parties will argue that Senator Ivor Callely’s current difficulties relate to the old expenses regime and point out that a new transparent system was introduced in March 2010, involving a “clocking-in” system and expenses being published online.
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