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07/09/2010
Callely Challenges Fraud Claims In Court
Senator Ivor Kelly has effectively stalled a number of investigations into allegations of expense fraud against him by taking his accusers to the high court.
The Senator has been on a 20-day suspension since just before the summer recess, after a cross-party committee found he had intentionally misrepresented his normal place of residence to claim €81,000 travelling expenses.
Another investigation was launched after it was reported Mr Callely had submitted receipts for telephony expenses from a company that had stopped trading for several years.
The Seanad committee investigating the issue had given Mr Callely until tomorrow to supply an explanation, but the legal proceedings started by the Senator today could jeopardise the Seanad probe.
Mr Callely is now seeking a judicial review of several of the committee’s decisions and is seeking to sue its seven members – Seanad chair Pat Moylan, Denis O’Donovan and Camillus Glynn (all FF), Frances Fitzgerald (FG), Alex White (Lab), Dan Boyle (GP) and Joe O’Toole (Ind).
If the judicial review is granted, proceedings are unlikely to be heard until near Christmas or the New Year.
Mr Callely resigned from Fianna Fail last month, under intense pressure from members of the opposition and his own party.
(DW/GK)
The Senator has been on a 20-day suspension since just before the summer recess, after a cross-party committee found he had intentionally misrepresented his normal place of residence to claim €81,000 travelling expenses.
Another investigation was launched after it was reported Mr Callely had submitted receipts for telephony expenses from a company that had stopped trading for several years.
The Seanad committee investigating the issue had given Mr Callely until tomorrow to supply an explanation, but the legal proceedings started by the Senator today could jeopardise the Seanad probe.
Mr Callely is now seeking a judicial review of several of the committee’s decisions and is seeking to sue its seven members – Seanad chair Pat Moylan, Denis O’Donovan and Camillus Glynn (all FF), Frances Fitzgerald (FG), Alex White (Lab), Dan Boyle (GP) and Joe O’Toole (Ind).
If the judicial review is granted, proceedings are unlikely to be heard until near Christmas or the New Year.
Mr Callely resigned from Fianna Fail last month, under intense pressure from members of the opposition and his own party.
(DW/GK)
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