A judge has thrown out a woman’s appeal against a decision of the Criminal Assets Bureau to disallow her a single parent’s allowance or a carer’s allowance.
Circuit Court president Mr Justice Matthew Deery heard that Martina Dardis (30), Patrick Heeney House, Summerhill, Dublin, had handled income and outgoings of €210,000 through her local credit union account over the last 13 years and had bought and sold several Lexus and BMW cars.
Mr Justice Deery said that because of the passage of large amounts of money through her account and her dealings in cars in the higher price brackets, the court had to accept she had not made a full and frank disclosure of her means.
He dismissed her appeal against both decisions of the social welfare deciding officer attached to the bureau and refused her application for a legal aid recommendation under the Attorney General’s scheme.
He made no order against her personally for costs. The judge said Cab had been correct in its assessment regarding the financial dealings of Ms Dardis.