'I have full confidence in his ability to continue to support the strong economic growth that he's a key element of' - Green Party Minister Roderic O'Gorman on Paschal Donohoe's SIPO errors.
Minister for Children and Equality Roderic O'Gorman said that he still has 'full confidence' in Paschal Donohoe, despite the Minister for Public Expenditure's expensing errors.
Minister Donohoe is said to have identified an issue with his 2020 election expenses after amending a declaration to the Standards in Public Office Commission in relation toAdvertisement"In terms of full confidence, I'm speaking in terms of what he said to the Dáil last week", Minister O'Gorman said.Paschal Donohoe is said to be spending the weekend going through old election filings to ensure there are no other undisclosed donations or expenditure.
Donohoe will make a statement in the Dáil this week and take questions, which Minister O'Gorman expects will"put an end" to the matter. "Minister Donohoe has recognised that there was an error in his 2016 SIPO returns and he's bringing forward a new return which SIPO will obviously examine", he said.Minister O'Gorman says that the now week-long controversy has not destabilised the government.Cabinet has not been informed of any findings from the most recent lookback on the Minister for Public Expenditure's election finances.
Despite this, Minister O'Gorman affirms that his confidence in his coalition colleague has not wavered."But I suppose in terms of what he's said so far, I still have full confidence in him."He said that Minister Donohoe's track record in the departments of finance and public expenditure, as well as his work with the European Union has given the government confidence in his"ability to continue to support the strong economic growth that he's a key element of".
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