Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Sure. Normally when someone retires or is getting married in here, a non-binding circular goes around asking people for contributions to acknowledge the contribution of, say, Deputy Cassells who is retiring, getting married or having a new baby. Would that not be a good way forward? There would be a circular, which perhaps would be binding. Instead of approving €13,000 for one's own party, if one happens to be the president of an institution, with €5,500 for the tables, frames, drapes, carpet and audiovisual set-up, would be a little bit much for the taxpayer to expect, perhaps we could look at putting in a circular.