Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes they do. The consolidated balance sheet is on one page, the consolidated profit and loss account is on one page and the consolidated fund statement is one page, and there are notes supporting it.

However, the architecture is there and that is what we should have. We should have it that there are 166 and 60 Members of the Dáil and Seanad, respectively, and in columns and graphs should be able to show on a single page what are the allowances. There should be a note underneath stating the purpose for those allowances and a subsidiary note stating they attach to the representatives throughout the lifetime of the Seanad or the Dáil and it does not matter into which party they go into or from which they come.