Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have confined my amendments to the specific legislation as opposed to general topics of ethics, fund-raising, parties' activities, electioneering etc. For the benefit of people who want to know the significance of my amendment, I will outline what it means in essence.

The arrangement in place with the leader's allowance is that there is a set allowance based on the number of Deputies in a parliamentary party. However, for some time there has been a reduction, and I am not sure which Minister introduced it but I believe it was Deputy Quinn when he was Minister for Finance-----

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