"Low-paid party staffers got €500, depending on their level of service across the year Party worker 'like a bear' after finding out ministerial advisers got bigger bonus payments Fine Gael insists payments are fully tax-compliant and included in official returns and accounts Highly paid Fine Gael government spin doctors got €1,000 gifts for "volunteering" for the last general election campaign, while some low-level party staff got just €500."
"Simon Harris's party paid a "gift ­voucher" to ministerial advisers', many on six-figure salaries, who worked on the party campaign last November."
Fine Gael paid higher-paid ministerial advisers €1,000 gift vouchers for volunteering during the recent general election campaign, while some lower-level party staff received €500 depending on service level over the year. Many of the adviser recipients are on six-figure salaries. The payments were described by one party worker as making them feel 'like a bear' after finding out advisers received larger bonuses. Fine Gael states the gifts were fully tax-compliant and were included in official returns and accounts. The payments were distributed following the campaign last November.
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