Thursday, February 4, 2010

The McCrea Conundrum

The “Legg List” has been published today detailing further MPs’ dodgy claims, who’s repaid what and what still needs to be done to clean up the system.

The Northern Irish MPs make for pretty standard reading, everything questionable paid off without a murmer...indeed the public-spirited Rev Willie McCrea has even gone one step further and repaid more than requested to do so.

From the Report:
Dr McCrea was overpaid by a total of £661.21 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.

He was also paid £139.50 twice for a TV licence in 2008-09.

He was also paid £4,694.12 for bedroom furniture in 2006, exceeding the guideline price of £1,540 by £3,154.12.

He was further overpaid a total of £496.12 for service charges in 2008-09.
Total repayment recommended: £4,450.95
He certainly got his sums wrong on that bedroom furniture but anyway, he was requested to pay back: £4,450.95

Which if your calculator’s working better than the Rev’s was in IKEA is the exact total of the figures detailed above.

Instead Dr Willie paid back: £5,329.74 which is difference of £878-79.

Anyone got any ideas why?

3 comments:

tony said...

Quite a few have paid back extra.

Anyhow just heard that 3 labour and one tory are going to be prosecuted. Pardon my surprise that no triple/double jobbing unionist MP's name was on it. I thought the loyalty to the half crown reigned supreme.

O'Neill said...

Quite a few have paid back extra.

It's not Willie's style.

Pardon my surprise that no triple/double jobbing unionist MP's name was on it

If you're that busy collecting the expenses on the double/triple jobs you don't have the time/need to concoct an illegal claim.

Re the Unionist bit, check out McGrady's original claims.

tony said...

It's an irishman's duty to rip off the British Crown ;¬)

don't we have a Devine ourselfs of the Glasgow Irish doing the same