In the 2025 annual report for Maynooth University, the payout attracts the attention of Comptroller and Auditor General, Seamus McCarthy, who reports that the university does not intend to recoup the €47,000 amount from the President.

The rule, reportedly signed off last Friday, means paramedics would have to leave their vehicles at a central location after their shift and drive home in their own cars, even if they are on call the next day