Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances
2:50 pm
Mr. Kieran Coughlan:
It was to fine-tune the new system. There are teething problems with certain aspects of it. As the Deputy said, it is coming out today that the emphasis should be on more vouching. It is probably better all round to follow the practice in other parliaments and go for an external body to review it. It does suffer from the fact that it seems to be drawn up, with all due respects to the Minister, within the political atmosphere.
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