Donohoe said he didn’t intentionally misinform SIPO and has taken steps to address the issue as fully as he can.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MINISTER Paschal Donohoe has told the Dáil that it was a “clear mistake” on his part to fail to declare donations for hanging election posters in 2016.
2016 election campaign Last weekend, it emerged that Donohoe had not declared a payment made by businessman Michael Stone to six people to hang up his election posters ahead of the 2016 general election. “For that reason, no cost was attributed to this support on the election expense form submitted to SIPO, following that election,” he added.
He also told the Dáil that the payment to these individuals and the value of the use of a company van “were a donation to Fine Gael Dublin Central, within the legal donation limits”. The Sinn Féin TD accused Donohoe of trying to “concoct a story that doesn’t stack up” and claimed that he tried to “dodge the issue over the past fives years”.
Labour’s Ged Nash also claimed that “dragging the constituency party in to the picture is just a red herring”. “There’s nothing procedurally stopping you from answering questions from the opposition as we ask them,” said Shortall. Shortall also said it is “extraordinary” that Donohoe would have believed that “private individuals with no connection to Fine Gael were putting up posters for free”.Shortall also queried the figures, saying: “You seem to have gotten the deal of the century.”
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