Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wanted to make that clear because I receive a lot of e-mails giving out to Deputies for the amount of money they claim for entertainment expenses, when they do not have an expenses allowance. If a school visits and a Deputy treats the teachers and children to a Coke and crisps, they get criticised for so doing. However, that is coming from Deputies' own salaries, which I consider to be correct. There has been a commentary in the media about an allowance for dry-cleaning, but Members cannot claim expenses for that under their allowance system.