Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the parliamentary activities allowance is audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62346/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Parliamentary Activities Allowance (formerly known as the Party Leader's Allowance) is provided for in the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938 (the Principal Act) as amended, most recently by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act, 2014.

The legislation provides that each Party Leader and Independent member in receipt of the allowance must prepare a statement of expenditure for the allowance, to have it audited by an independent auditor and furnish it with the auditor's report to the Standards in Public Office Commission.