Welcoming the continuation of automatic access to rent supplement for the victims of domestic violence, confirmed today by Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward has also called for the provision of a domestic violence shelter in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
Sinn Fein will be required to give details of their political spending in Northern Ireland to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) in the Republic following a new ruling by the watchdog.
Sinn Féin will be required to give details of their political spending in Northern Ireland to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) following a new ruling by the watchdog.
Sipo is to issue new guidelines requiring parties with political operations on both sides of the border to provide financial reports on their activities in the North and the South.
The public spending watchdog’s new rules were revealed in a report presented to the Seanad on the €4m donation Sinn Féin received from reclusive English millionaire William Hampton.
The report said Sipo “notes differences” in how parties with operations in the North and South submitted financial statement “While some may elect to show their accounts for the entire organisation, north and south, others have chosen to only submit statements of account for their operations in the Republic.”