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Pay and expenses figures from mid- 2004 until the end of 2008 reveal that three of the six most expensive councillors in Clare came from the Ennistymon electoral area.
The six councillors have shared €§83,896.33 in total between them since mid-2004, an average of €147,316.05 per councillor.
Cllr Flan Garvey (FF) topped the list with a total of €167,511.58 in ex- penses and wages.
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Some of the larger expenses claimed by Cllr Garvey include €1,515.64 for
a trip to the Milwalkee Tourism Pro- motion Conference and €1,733.34 for a twinning trip to Australia in 2007.
As well as this, Cllr Garvey, who is currently Chairman of the Board at the Institute of Technology in Tralee, received €2,829.50 for the completion of a Masters in Business hi wACLelor
Second highest earner in the area was Cllr Richard Nagle (FF) whose total of 161,255.20 includes a special allowance for his work as chair of one of the SPC.
Cllr Joe Arkins also serves as chair of an SPC and is third in the list in north Clare with a total of IRE orh Rope
The lowest total of expenses and pay in the area was to Michael Kelly (FF) at €131, 359.58 fol- lowed by Martin Conway (FG) at €133,359.58 and Martin Lafferty at €134,759.66.