Minister 'misinterpreted the requirements' after failure to declare second house in Longford

The hole is getting deeper and deeper for Minister Troy.

He should resign immediately or be fired, but has the support of the Tanaiste who is happy to hand over state documents to his buddies and sees nothing wrong with this.

Someone earlier hit the nail on the head when they said Barry Cowan and Darragh Calleary were fired for less.

Immediate dismissal from his ministerial post and a thorough Revenue audit is required here.

Touché ×10

It is great to see. Would we have heard anything about the goings on in An Bord Pleanala were it not for Ontheditch.

Regardless of what anyone thinks of Paddy Cosgrave, OTD are providing a great service here. Seems to be mostly publicly avaliable information from the land registry, property price register, companies registration etc.

RTE have given the story less than a minute on the six one news and the only aspect covered was the incorrect declaration and Troy's apology for same.

Fair enough but many would not agree with it being unfair for behaving in such cavalier fashion. Golfgate "victims" really get no sympathy.

Martin was very annoyed about that whole thing so it was an inevitable consequence. Troy seems to have done so today for the SIPO register so it's over to them.

From the Irish Times

Minister of State Robert Troy has made wide-ranging amendments to his Oireachtas register of members’ interests going back over a decade, and apologised for errors in his returns.

He has also disclosed details of his substantial property interests, some for the first time, including rental accommodation contracts with Westmeath County Council, the sale of the garden of one of his properties, and negotiations for potential sales of properties.

The changes include registration for the first time of Mr Troy’s former home, which has been rented out since November 2021, as well as the inclusion of a property called Oak Crest, which he omitted in 2020 having registered it in 2019.

He has also registered two other properties which had been the subject of scrutiny in recent days, Ashfield in Mullingar and Ashlawn in Longford. He registered his ownership of Ashfield in 2018, which had previously been correctly registered for all other years, and Ashlawn for the first time, as it had erroneously never been included on his register of members’ interests.

He has also added his directorship of a company, RMT Management Limited, which was declared in previous years but not in 2021, even though the company was still active. He said it was left off in 2021 as he thought it had ceased operations and therefore was not obliged to register it as he had done in previous years.

In total there are five substantial rectifications, but there are many more minor or technical amendments. For example, he has made changes in each of the years from 2011 to 2021 including all properties he has an interest in under the headings of both land and occupation. He previously only included them under the “occupation” heading as they generated rental

income.

SIPO should be able to look at the record of past and present TDs and have power to act if regs have been broken.

Never liked Robert Troy - anytime I've ever heard him speak there was always something oily and snivelling about him.

I think he's probably fcked here tbh, an awful lot has just come out of the woodwork and it's going to be very hard to maintain the "honest mistake"line for ever.

Though if there's ever a relatively good time to become embroiled in the political scandal, it's probably August. Plenty in the world of politics and the media have their feet up at this time of the year and he may not find himself being dragged over the coals as a result.

And also there's probably a fair cohort of Dail members who won't be shouting too loudly about this, because I'm sure he's far from the only one.

SIPO should be auditing every single TD and Senator every single year. Keep them squeaky clean. There are 160 TDs and 60 Senators, audit 1 a day every single year and keep on top of this nonsense. You know Troy isn't the only one who is up to this carry on.

What I find interesting is that those who defend Troy are openly attacking various online platforms such as Twitter and Wikipedia saying they are the problem. They are deflecting from the issue we are discussing which is Troy's wrong doing. Troy has to resign from this and I know the Ditch will keep the pressure on him until the dail resumes and a no confidence motion in Troy will almost certainly be instigated.

The Ditch is doing this country a great service and if SF get in government they will be put under the same scrutiny too. Again you and others are attacking who is reporting on Troy and not commenting on what Troy has done.

Would you at least comment on what Troy has done or is that beyond you?

The fact they will investigate SF is good and you even admitted so in the link you posted. That is a good thing as they said they will take on those who wield power.