Patrick O'Donovan
Question:110. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following from the announcement in Budget 2013 of changes to the Leader's allowance, the steps he has taken to reduce the amounts payable to persons under the allowance; the current amount payable to persons; if a vouching system has been introduced by his Department; if there is an auditing system in place by the Houses of the Oireachtas or his Department; if an audit of the allowance as paid to individual members as opposed to parties has taken place since the announcement was made; if all individual members in receipt of the allowance will be audited on an annual basis or if it is expected that a small group of members will be selected for random auditing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29458/13]
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