Hay says Ebrington office expenditurebeing investigated

In a statement he confirmed a member of his office staff has been provisionally suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.

The veteran DUP representative stated: “There is no doubt that systems and procedures will have to be examined to consider how what I have fallen victim to can be prevented in future.”

He added: “However, I have to take personal responsibility for the fact that my management of affairs in my constituency office did not uncover what was happening at an earlier point.

“No one will be more critical of that than me.”