FF TD Robert Troy breached Ethics Act by failing to disclose properties but ‘acted in good faith’, report finds
Standards in Public Office Commission publishes report on investigation into Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy
Robert Troy
Longford-Westmeath: Robert Troy (FF)
Fianna Fáil TD has represented Longford-Westmeath since his election to Dáil on first attempt in 2011
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Former Minister of State resigned in August 2022 over failing to register all his property interests
One in five TDs are landlords as Michael Healy-Rae boosts property portfolio to 25
Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property
Robert Troy confirms Sipo has opened formal investigation into property declarations
Former minister omitted to declare all properties in annual returns
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Proposed Bill is TD’s first legislation tabled since he resigned over incomplete declaration of property interests
Politicians, officials, should be fined for failing to comply with disclosure obligations, ethics review finds
Landmark review also recommends overhaul of ‘lengthy’ and ‘cumbersome’ Sipo system for investigating breaches
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Former minister of State resigned recently over failure to fully declare property interests
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Donnelly repeatedly raised issue between 2014 and 2017 during Dáil debates and tabled amendments to legislation
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Minister registered property days after it emerged Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy had failed to do so with a tenancy in Westmeath
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Controversy around Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy lasted two weeks but drip-feed of information left Coalition exposed
Our TDs want to be landlords, so why doesn’t the State?
Some 35% of members of the Oireachtas are landlords or landowners, wildly out of step with the country at large
Landlord politicians may have to declare housing contracts amid overhaul of ethics regime
Taoiseach likely to appoint successor to Troy as minister of State next week
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A Government pledge to ‘reform and consolidate’ the law has yet to come to fruition
Robert Troy profile: Hard-working politician and unapologetic landlord downed by property interests
Youngest of 12 children from Co Westmeath left banking role to take over family post office and run for Fianna Fáil in local elections
Robert Troy’s errors ‘an insult to the people who elected him’, locals say
The politician resigned as a minister of State on Wednesday following controversy around property
Robert Troy resigns as minister of State after property interests controversy
Fianna Fáil TD assures the public ‘once again that I have not tried to conceal anything’
Unease in Fianna Fáil over potential drip-feed of information on Troy’s properties
Minister broke his silence on Tuesday but colleagues unsure about plan to wait until Dáil returns to answer questions
Robert Troy confirms he owns 11 properties and apologises for failure to fully declare interests
Minister of State says he made pre-tax profit of €36,000 on house bought, renovated and sold on to local authority
Opposition calls on Minister of State Robert Troy to make Dáil statement on property dealings
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