Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said his “sense” is that a newly agreed €450,000 fund to pay secretarial supports for former presidents “may never in its entirety be drawn down”.
RTÉ News reported on Thursday evening that the significant sum of money has been outlined under the Department of the Taoiseach’s expenditure accounts.
While there is a long-established degree of confidentiality when it comes to spending in relation to Áras an Uachtaráin or costs for former presidents, it has been established that the €450,000 funding is a new arrangement and was put in place around the time of the change in president last October.
The funding is intended to…