Sinn Féin “ought to have known” that McMonagle was contracted to work for about 80 hours a week, but the report found that O’Neill was “unlikely” to have been aware of his employment contracts at that time.
The other politician McMonagle worked for was Sinn Féin MP Orthlaith Begley.
He later quit working for O’Neill and Begley and was employed by Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Jemma Dolan.
The head of the assembly’s legal services Jonathan McMillen – who carried out the review – concluded that it was “more likely than not that Mr McMonagle set out to deceive and that neither Ms Begley or Ms O’Neill were aware of this”.
The report states that the likely “misrepresentation of his employments by Mr McMonagle may have resulted in a misuse of public money” and that the PSNI has been notified.
