Councillor uses Dáil postage for campaign launch
Earlier this month, the State’s ethics watchdog warned that TDs and Senators should not provide pre-paid Oireachtas envelopes to candidates in the forthcoming local and European elections.
The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) said the free postage facility was provided at public expense to assist TDs and senators in the performance of their duties as public representatives, and it was “entirely inappropriate” for any of them to pass the envelopes onto election candidates for personal gain.
