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PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL GAY Mitchell has disclosed his expenses claims as an MEP on his campaign website.
The Fine Gael MEP has become the fourth of seven candidates to reveal details of his financial affairs after Mary Davis, Seán Gallagher and Martin McGuinness did so earlier this week.
According to Mitchell’s declaration, he receives no income other than the standard salary and expenses payments common to all MEPs. These include an annual wage of €91,984, plus expenses and allowances for staff and office upkeep.
Mitchell receives the standard €298 per day in food, travel and accommodation expenses for attending the European Parliament. His campaign said the total for 2011, up to June 30, came to €47,800.
According to the statement he maintains a full-time office in Dublin, as well as a sub-office, for which he receives an allowance of €4,202 per month. He employs five staff and one intern, and said his staff bill for 2009 was €202,000.
Mitchell is also entitled to pension payments as a former TD and government minister. However, he has donated these to the State.
A written declaration on his European Parliament web page states that Mitchell received no payments from other professional or personal activities.
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300 quid a day food travel and accommodation expenses?! Nice work if you can get it…
The "standard" â
actually I think its a fair addition on top of his pay as 130000 total wont be excessive to support two full time residences in two countries.
Why does any of this matter? When we go to the polls are we supposed to vote for the person we’re least jealous of?
Hear hear. Shouldn’t be a factor. Sick of this "who’s the best"
The figures are mind boggiling, food money would pay a number of special needs assistance each day, it is not gay mitchell`s fault but annoying even so. We need to wake up as a country, the idea that harney,mc creevey,biffo, ahern,and even civil servants like dermot mc carthy can get 2k – 3k a week in pensions at a time when the IMF is in the country is nuts
Gay Mitchell is paid from Central European Funds. Some payments have been cut and expenses tightened up in recent years
Has Higgins provided similar statements? Curious.
who is Higgins? stick to the point
True blue, you have to ask who Higgins is? Seriously??
Either you’re trolling or you are clueless about all current news
Yeah leave Higgins out of this!
Criticism on this site is only reserved for conservatives like Mitchell and Dana :)
Would The Journal ask how much of the 202k staff allowance is paid to his wife Norma?
Creeps….
@ True Blue, i know where Mitchell gets paid from, i not having a go at Gay, they all get paid the same, i making the point generally about the divide between the political system and the real world which i at least live in.
ok point out one job where you spend as much time travelling supported two residences in different countries have to spend half your life getting the job have as long hours and get paid significantly less.
just curious
“I do not disclose information on individual salaries” Gay Mitchell’s website today is not in keeping with The Journal’s headline of “Gay discloses full details of expenses” ? This “release” of information is a rehash of the exact same information contained on his MEP’s website. The real question is how much of the 202k staff allowance is or was paid to his wife Norma?
What about his book royalties? He’s mentioned it enough, I thought he was hoping for a nice cash bonus in time for the Christmas.
If he doesn’t spend â
What should matter is how little a salary they would be prepared to take for the prez job.Who takes the lowest shows solidarity with the people they represent. This is a power they actually have, not like all the bull they talk.It would put them on top of our self serving politicians and top civil servants. plus no pensions while working full stop..
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