The Żejtun farmhouse owned by the husband of Equal Opportunities Minister Helena Dalli, where work was taking place in spite of an enforcement notice, was not listed in her declaration of assets.

The ministerial declaration requires a listing of properties she owns as well as those belonging her spouse, Patrick Dalli. Yet she lists only the house she lives in, a few metres down from the development, as well as her office in Żabbar.

The Żejtun farmhouse was slapped with an enforcement notice in 2011, because of infringements on the site. However, this newspaper revealed last Thursday that works on the property were continuing.

Mr Dalli said he had no idea workers were on site, even though the farmhouse is located on the same street where he lives. Furthermore, the vehicles being used belong to a company he owns – Pada Builders Ltd. The company is listed in the minister’s declaration of assets. He also said he has a promise of sale agreement on the property.

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