To Whom It May Concern,
I wish to formally lodge a complaint under the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995.
The complaint concerns an article in the Sunday Tribune newspaper on the 22nd August 2010 which outlined the following expense claims made by then junior minister, Ivor Callely.
Claimed 5,000 miles per month in expenses during his term as junior minister at the Department of Health even though he lived less than three miles from his office.
Claimed for the 5,000 miles (the maximum allowed) even when he had been out of the country on government business, including March 2003 when he was away for at least eight days on trips to France, England, Malta and Slovakia.
Claimed the maximum allowed mileage for May 2003 even though he spent seven days in the US during that month.
Claimed for more than a dozen dining expenses at the Leinster House restaurant. These particular claims were questioned by the department but were eventually paid out.
I request that these claims be investigated to clarify what appear to be very serious inconsistencies.
I include below a full reproduction of the newspaper article
Yours sincerely
Anthony Sheridan
28th August 2010