Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The reason I asked about the local post allowance and linked it to the cost of living is because the reply to the parliamentary question in 2012 said approximately 325 received it at any one time. The local post allowance, which Mr. Cooney has told me is separate and has a separate function and meaning, was received by the same number of people, 325. It was not an insignificant amount, at €17,000 per person.