Comments on: The John O’Donoghue files (Part 4 – London in Nov) http://www.gavinsblog.com/2009/08/21/the-john-odonoghue-files-part-london-in-nov/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://www.gavinsblog.com/2009/08/21/the-john-odonoghue-files-part-london-in-nov/comment-page-1/#comment-866369 Joe Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:41:48 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=4814#comment-866369 Joe is testing comment speed for gavin. Joe is testing comment speed for gavin.

]]> By: david http://www.gavinsblog.com/2009/08/21/the-john-odonoghue-files-part-london-in-nov/comment-page-1/#comment-864642 david Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:29:26 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=4814#comment-864642 Its the detail that is interesting. On 7th November O'Donoghue and his Private Secretary O'Connor travel to London (after lunch). Presumably they are driven to Dublin airport, flights paid for, transport in London paid for, they attend an official function - at which they get a buffet supper, followed by dinner. Yet our hero O'Donoghue gets €116.50 (less a €20 deduction) and O'Connor gets £67.68 (about €100) in expenses. For what? What expense could they possibly incur? And if they did, form shows that O'Connor will claim for it - see her claim for tablets for the Indian trip. So if they incur a legitimate (as opposed to appropriate) expense they get it re-imbursed. And then they get a top up. If I claimed a similar thing in my business the revenue would tell me to take a hike. But then I'm one of the gobshites who will be bled dry to pay for this gravy train. Its the detail that is interesting. On 7th November O’Donoghue and his Private Secretary O’Connor travel to London (after lunch). Presumably they are driven to Dublin airport, flights paid for, transport in London paid for, they attend an official function – at which they get a buffet supper, followed by dinner.

Yet our hero O’Donoghue gets €116.50 (less a €20 deduction) and O’Connor gets £67.68 (about €100) in expenses. For what? What expense could they possibly incur? And if they did, form shows that O’Connor will claim for it – see her claim for tablets for the Indian trip.

So if they incur a legitimate (as opposed to appropriate) expense they get it re-imbursed. And then they get a top up.

If I claimed a similar thing in my business the revenue would tell me to take a hike.

But then I’m one of the gobshites who will be bled dry to pay for this gravy train.

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