Robert Troy

I think minister Troy has given a full explanation and certainly, from my point of view, that stacks up,” Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said.

So, you’d have to look at that in the round. It’s very important that everyone should be afforded due process when it comes to these matters,” the Enterprise minister said. Speaking of Mr Troy, Mr Varadkar said: “He made an error in his declarations, he’s made a full statement explaining that, he’s now going to write to the clerk of the Dail and to SIPO to amend his declaration, and it’s up to those bodies, if they feel that it’s necessary to carry out any further investigation, well, then, that’s going to be up to them. A spokesperson for Sipo confirmed to the PA news agency that there are no provisions under the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 that require TDs and Ministers to disclose the sale of property to a public body. A spokesperson for Westmeath County Council said in a statement to the PA news agency: “The Council required a portion of Mr Troy’s site in order to provide access to its housing site at Saint Brigid’s Green.” “I know he’s going to contact the clerk in the Dáil and Sipo (the Standards in Public Office commission) to amend the declaration that he’s made and I’m sure they’ll take it from there.

Leo Varadkar said that Troy is set to amend his Dáil declarations and will be contacting Sipo.

So yes, I have total confidence in Minister Troy as a Minister,” Varadkar said. “That property was declared on my members’ interests between 2011 and 2017. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can make sure we can keep reliable, meaningful news open to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal. Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has described under fire Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy as “top class” amid the controversy over the junior minister's failure to declare ...

"It’s up to Sipo to decide what they want from politicians. TDs are required to declare property they own in the previous calendar year when they file their Dáil declaration. I fill the form out myself based on what is asked.

The Longford-Westmeath TD failed to register three properties, which under Oireachtas ethics rules he must do.

I intend to amend and update the Register this week to correct inaccuracies." "In light of this, I am in the process of reviewing all my Members’ Interests returns since I was elected to the Dáil in 2011. "This was my error, and I immediately contacted the Clerk of the Dáil and subsequently SIPO to clarify the requirements and to notify my intent to amend the Register of Members’ Interests.

Robert Troy had previously owned a property in Mullingar that he failed to declare the sale of to Westmeath County Council in 2018.

[August 16, 2022] The state systems such as tax are specifically designed to seem confusing & complicated to allow for loopholes & facilitate corruption. Questions were raised about other properties relating to Troy. Westmeath County Council later stated that doesn’t have any records of its first engagement with Troy on the transaction. The Longford-Westmeath TD failed to declare the sale in the Dáil register and was forced to explain this omission speaking on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Show last week. The Irish Examiner has also reported on a third undeclared property of Troy's.

A local Junior Minister has admitted he made an “error” by not declaring a house he owned and subsequently sold to Westmeath County Council in 2018.

As I was no longer in possession of this property on 31 December 2018 it was not registered and this was my error,” he conceded. I did not wish to stand in way of the development of social houses for older people.” “I had been under the impression only property in my possession on December 31 of the registerable year was to be registered and not properties sold during that year.

The Tánaiste rallied to the defence of embattled Junior Minister Robert Troy over his failure to declare a property he sold in 2018.

Mr Troy was a Westmeath councillor before his election to the Dáil in 2011. He added: 'I know he's going to contact the clerk in the Dáil and SIPO [the Standards in Public Office commission] to amend the declaration that he's made and I'm sure they'll take it from there.' [The Ditch](https://www.ontheditch.com/) first reported that Mr Troy sold a Mullingar property to Westmeath County Council in 2018 for €230,0000, which hadn't been declared on the official Dáil register.

Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar has said that he has confidence in the junior minister in his department after it emerged he did not officially declare a ...

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Robert Troy said that he is now 'satisfied' that he has amended his declarations of interests so that they 'accurately reflect all my interests for public ...

On full review of my records, I can confirm that Westmeath County Council paid rent for this property through electronic transfer from 1 August 2011 to the date the tenancy ended,” he said. He has further amended his returns to show he was a director of RMT Management Ltd in 2021. “I have now declared the sale of Ashlawn... The information also includes his having two Rental Accommodation Scheme contracts with Westmeath County Council. Mr Troy said he takes his “role and responsibility as a TD for Longford-Westmeath and minister of State very seriously”, adding that he fully appreciates the “seriousness” of his mistake. In a statement, Mr Troy said he is now “satisfied” that he has amended his declarations so that they “accurately reflect all my interests for public record”.