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'Votegate' Irish Independent Political Team Cormac Mcquinn, Fionn Investigation: The political scandal that became known as ‘Votegate’ Irish Independent Political Team Cormac McQuinn, Fionnan Sheahan, Kevin Doyle, Philip Ryan and Hugh O’Connell In October 2019, an investigation by the Irish Independent revealed a matter of grave political and legal significance and immense public interest by disclosing TDs were acting in breach of their Constitutional duties in Dáil votes. The initial investigation of one incident of bad practice led to a floodgate of allegations that saw our reporters review more than 50 hours of Dáil footage. Several other examples were uncovered, leading Ceann Comhairle Sean Ó Fearghail to tell the Dáil that what the Irish Independent exposed had “eroded public confidence in how our National Parliament conducts its business”. He said it was “sobering to reflect on the voting irregularities” and insisted that “under no circumstances can they be allowed to happen again”. The so-called ‘Votegate’ affair also led to renewed scrutiny of working arrangements in Leinster House and in particular the system of clocking in for the purposes of expenses. The Irish Independent highlighted how some TDs missed votes despite being ‘clocked in’. A story about Michael Healy Rae being at a funeral while also registered as attending the Dáil gained huge traction. The spotlight also fell on Fine Gael’s Dara Murphy who was double-jobbing in Europe while marked present in Leinster House. In light of the seriousness of the issues, two members of the Opposition frontbench resigned, four TDs apologised on the Dáil record for their behaviour and three separate investigations were initiated within the Houses of the Oireachtas. The voting system within the Dáil was formally tightened to ensure no repeat of the affair, with directives issued to TDs on their behaviour and seating, extra verification safeguards introduced and the approval of the installation of cameras to log movements during votes. The profound political implications of the TD voting scandal, lead to a greater understanding amongst the public of the importance of the passage of legislation through the Oireachtas. The scandal also had profound Constitutional implications as Article 15.11.1 of Bunreacht na hÉireann specifies: "All questions in each House shall, save as otherwise provided by this Constitution, be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting other than the Chairman or presiding member." ON SATURDAY IRELAND’S BEST- SELLING NEWSPAPER Brexit Are you ready to retire? The day Our guide to better living for of truth every age 10 pages of expert With Charlie Weston analysis inside and Sinead Ryan Saturday, October 19, 2019 €3.00 (£1.80 in Northern Ireland) C Absent TD voted INSIDE six times in Dáil IRELAND’S Exclusive: Dooley Mum’s EYESON cannot explain the the word: THEPRIZE voting anomaly Caitríona Cormac McQuinn ready for PLUS and Fionnán Sheahan TV return A SENIOR Fianna Fáil TD ‘voted’ in the Dáil six times in one day despite not being present in the chamber. Timmy Dooley is recorded as having taken part in a string of votes on Thursday – but video recordings show he was not in his Dáil seat at the time. Mr Dooley, Fianna Fáil’s spokesman on communications, initially told the Irish Independent he did not know anything about it. However, he did not respond to repeated requests for clarity on his WHYONLY whereabouts at the time of the votes. His colleague Limerick TD Niall RTÉ’s Caitríona MONEYMATTERS Collins, who was seated beside Mr Perry opens up Dooley’s voting position, said he about returning FORWORLDCUPS could not explain the anomaly. to the newsroom Time is set aside in the Dáil every after maternity INREVIEW Thursday afternoon for TDs to vote leave and why on legislation and private member that ‘bizarre’ Oval motions. Office moment will Recommended retail price of the Irish Independent in ROI is €3.00 (£1.80 in Northern Ireland) Each TD is assigned a specific seat haunt her until the Vol. 128 No. 251 Irish Independent so that their electronic voting record end of her days. can be tracked. Mr Dooley’s seat was PHOTO: NAOMI GAFFEY empty over the course of eight votes See Weekend Magazine Continued on Page 2 2 Saturday, October 19, 2019 IRISH INDEPENDENT Inside today’s paper News Weekend The untold story of Hurricane Lorenzo was nothing more than a storm in a teacup P6 Review Sport :: ‘More can be Big tournaments Forwards to carry done’ to promote are being held in the fight against Bram Stokers’ wrong places All Blacks P3 P4 links to capital Luke Byrne and Alan O’Keeffe News State relies on huge corporate tax take to help pay the wage bill P4 IT IS one of the best-known and most successful horror stories of all time – recreated Personal The Week on-screen, in print and on the stage for more than 120 Finance Unionists’ best years and resurrected every interests now lie Halloween. Why motorists But not all of Bram Stoker’s in Ireland as dance face a Halloween fans are aware just how much with Tories ends Dublin’s north inner city fright was a key inspiration for his P42 P33 masterpiece ‘Dracula’. The area has been fighting to re-establish its connec- tion to the novel and its World 29 Comment 33 Letters 38 TV and Radio Weekend Magazine author, from festivals to a Business 39 Classifieds 44 Deaths 46 Puzzles 49-51 plaque commemorating the address where Stoker lived on Buckingham Street from the ages of 11 to 17 in the mid-19th century. At the Irish Independent, we take great pride in the quality of our trusted writing and always want to “In those days, the north hear the views of our readers. We also aim to correct any errors as quickly as possible. If you wish to inner city was a Gothic give feedback on this newspaper or report any inaccuracy, typographical and grammatical errors, Disneyland with a ghost on please email [email protected]. If you have a customer care issue, please call 1890 130130. every street corner,” said historian Hugo McGuinness, Postal address: Irish Independent, Independent House, No 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1. D01 X2E1 Telephone: 01-7055333. Letters to the Editor should be sent to: [email protected] who has written ‘Bram Stoker in the North Inner City’, the transcript for a self-guided Tokens are on Page 6 and 8 today walking tour. It will give fans of the maca- bre an insight into the early life of the author who wrote Today’s weather “despair has its own calms”. Stoker was fascinated by his mother Charlotte’s tales of Tribute: ghosts in her native Sligo and Historian her stories of a local cholera Hugo epidemic in her youth. McGuinness Mr McGuinness believes at the her stories and the ghostly Dracula tales, folk memories, and lore mural at of Dublin’s northside had Buckingham a very strong influence on Street in Stoker. Dublin. Stoker was delighted to PHOTO: OWEN listen on street corners to the BRESLIN stories told by local people of strange happenings, ghostly Dooley vote recorded six times but he Continued from Page 1 Video footage of Dáil votes respond to several subsequent shows whether TDs vote ‘Tá’ phone calls and text messages. or ‘Níl’ with green or red dots Queries sent to Fianna Fáil on Thursday afternoon, yet his over their seats. also went unanswered. vote was recorded six times. Mr Dooley’s vote was The Oireachtas was last night The votes were on amend- recorded on six occasions dur- looking into the matter after ments to a Green Party motion ing the Dáil votes on Thursday, queries from the Irish Inde- on forestry and a Sinn Féin despite his absence. pendent. motion on the living wage. When the matter was raised There were wide margins in with Mr Dooley last night, he Prominent the results of each of the votes said: “There must have been a Clare TD Mr Dooley (50) is a and it would not have changed mistake or something.” key member of Fianna Fáil the result if Mr Dooley’s vote He also said: “I don’t know leader Michael Martin’s front- had not been counted. anything about it”. bench. While some votes require Asked by the Irish Independ- He was first elected to the walk-through divisions in the ent if he would investigate and Dáil in 2007, having previously Dáil chamber, votes on Thurs- come back with a further com- served five years in the Seanad. day were carried out electron- ment, he replied: “I’ll try.” Mr Dooley has been prom- ically. However, Mr Dooley did not inent in the debate over how IRELAND’S BEST-SELLING NEWSPAPER See ‘Back to the Sport ‘My daughter finds it hard to darkest days’ make friends’ Tony Ward on Ireland’s World Cup drubbing Health & Living Monday, October 21, 2019 €2.20 (£1.50 in Northern Ireland) C – DÁIL CONTROVERSY – No further EU concessions to Phantom votes: FF in get DUP onside, warns Varadkar Cormac McQuinn chaos as more TDs and Caroline O’Doherty TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has said there will be no further EU conces- sions to help the British government win the support of the DUP for the dragged into scandal new Brexit deal. He also said the Government was “disappointed” that the House of Commons had not yet voted on the deal struck between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the EU. He said yesterday that a Brexit Chambers says extension was preferable to a crash- out Brexit “if it comes to it”.
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