Minister for State at the Department of Finance Brian Hayes has defended the expense claims of TDs, saying politics is not a cheap business.Some €6m in expenses has been claimed by all TDs since the 31st Dáil first sat last March.Fine Gael Deputy for Cork South West Noel Harrington has been paid the most, at €53,000, while Labour's Eamonn Maloney has been revealed as the sole TD not to claim any expenses.Read more: Junior minister defends TDs' expenses bill | BreakingNews.ie WTF?!?!?
One of the moderators on here really wrecks my head with his/her power mad ego
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Whenever I see his name I just turn off. Life's too short to pay any attention to idiots like that.
The p.ie equivalent would be 'hbap defends something or other fg related'
"It is important therefore that I clarify to the House that in the first instance there are significant monies within Anglo-Irish to take the strain of loan losses arising over the next three or four years, before State support is engaged." Brian Lenihan 15/01/09
I wouldnt mind paying for Mick Wallace to be put through a car wash or for Inda to be sent on a personel development course but the majority of expences are way over board.
How much do you think is a reasonable figure? Why are you never capable of offering anything other than anger at a news story?Originally Posted by Aindriu
Minister for State at the Department of Finance Brian Hayes has defended the expense claims of TDs, saying politics is not a cheap business.Some €6m in expenses has been claimed by all TDs since the 31st Dáil first sat last March.Fine Gael Deputy for Cork South West Noel Harrington has been paid the most, at €53,000, while Labour's Eamonn Maloney has been revealed as the sole TD not to claim any expenses.Read more: Junior minister defends TDs' expenses bill | BreakingNews.ie WTF?!?!?
If you're the first out the door, that's not called panicking.
Some expenses are justified such as subsidy for running constituency office but the idea of getting an allowance to turn up to work is just wrong. It is clear TDs who have to travel the furthest will have higher expenses but hard to judge unless see a breakdown.
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Probably some meal vouchers and an allowance per mile should be sufficient. They are politicians not visiting royalty.
Its about time that TD's and Senators start vouching for all their expenses....end of!
Agreed, but things like stationary, accomodation, phone calls etc need to be expensed as well. The problem really isn't the fact that there are expenses, or that they're a lot of money to some people, it's the manner in which they're controlled. As Damus said, they should all be vouched and expenses, and rthings like accomodation in Dublin, phones etc should be centrally sourced and managed outside the TDs control.
If you're the first out the door, that's not called panicking.
0, Zero, Zilch, Nada, Nil, feck all, Nothing - any of these would be fine.
They get way, way overpaid as it is.
They are supposed to be serving the country and this is a time of national crisis!
Expenses? FFS!
"Get a life!", Pat Kenny.
I travelled about 80 miles to and from work each day about a year ago. I got no expenses for petrol, toll bridges and parking.
If you work far away from where you live - deal with it.
"Get a life!", Pat Kenny.
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