‘Scandalous’ non-compliance with SIPO obligations in HSE, committee hearsA third of HSE employees required to make conflict-of-interest declarations are not doing so, a committee has heard.
Catherine Connolly defends spending public money on Syria tripThe Irish Times reported on Thursday that she submitted a claim under the Parliamentary Activities Allowance for €3,691 related to “Syria” in her statements to the Standards in Public Office (Sipo) Commission for 2018.
Former chair of Meath County Council accused of failing to disclose conflict of interestThe allegations relate to claims that former Fianna Fáil councillor Tommy Reilly failed to declare a conflict of interest over the fact that one or more of his sons had an interest in lands that were under consideration for being rezoned.
Sipo pleaded to be removed from cases involving ex-politicians breaking lobbying 'cooling off' period