McElvaney was the subject of an RTÉ Investigates programme Standard in Public Office, aired in 2015.
Image: RTÉ Image: RTÉ MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCILLOR Hugh McElvaney has been found to have breached ethics laws by deliberately seeking payment from a company he believed was going to fund a planning application for a wind farm in his constituency.
SIPO’s investigation arose following a complaint made to the Commission that the Councillor had contravened provisions of the 2001 Local Government and the Code of Conduct for Councillors.
“Later, in the course of the meeting…Councillor McElvaney confirmed that he would not only assist with the identification of sites and be a liaison with the local community but he would also operate on behalf of the company in the Council itself,” the report concluded. “This conduct was liable to erode, rather than enhance, public trust and confidence and to bring the integrity of the office and of the local authority into disrepute. In these circumstances, Councillor McElvaney failed to observe the highest ethical standards in the performance of his role,” it said.
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