Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I suggest that the regulation - if it is a regulation signed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - be considered. There is no cost and no cost saving but it would be better for the body politic that the payments being received would reflect the amount of our travel to and from the national Parliament. I found that people were very angry about that and it damages politics. Mr. Coughlan takes my point but says there is nothing he can do about it because it is specified in the statutory-----