CITY COUNCILLOR DEFENDS CONFERENCE MILEAGE EXPENSES

Date Published: 02-Jun-2009

Galway City Councillor Billy Cameron has defended claiming more then 4000 euro in mileage expenses in the last two years despite not having a car or a driving licence.The Irish Independent is reporting that Labour Councillor Billy Cameron attended 13 different conferences in the past two years and confirmed that the Hyundai car he cited on his expenses claims forms had been owned by his brother Jerome, who drove him to the conferences.According to motorcheck.ie, the car did not have an up to date road tax disc and did not have a current NCT disc when it was being used to transport Councillor Cameron to the conferences.The West Ward Local election candidate has confirmed that his brother subsequently "got rid" of the Hyundai car and was now driving him to conferences in a different car.Councillor Cameron told Galway Bay FM News he's done nothing wrong.