The non-executive chairman of the Malta Sports Council, Labour MP Luciano Busuttil, has employed a full-time driver paid by the State-funded council even though his post requires him to work only a few hours a week. 

Francis Borg was engaged without a public call and did not come from the public service.
 
Dr Busuttil said when questioned that Mr Borg was recruited on a position of trust basis and on a yearly contract that is renewed each year.

“A chairman is a chairman around the clock,” the Labour MP said. “This is not an
‘employment’. In fact, an honoraria is paid, and not a salary.”

As well as being a lawyer in private practice, Dr Busuttil receives an annual €20,604 honoraria as MP, €10,302 for chairing Parliament’s European Affairs Committee and €14,000 as chairman of the Malta Sports Council.

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