John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a very good suggestion from Mr. Coughlan and I hope both sides will take up.

My other question relates to the 10% of the Members who are audited. Most of the little corner shops in the country will submit their affairs to the Revenue Commissioners every year. They will pay their auditor and submit their figures. Did the Houses of the Oireachtas Service look at the proposal that people should have their affairs audited? Rather than the Houses of the Oireachtas taking the full cost of this, each Member would have his or her accounts audited and be investigated at the end of the year or some other time in the same way as the Revenue Commissioners would investigate small enterprises up and down Ireland.