Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances

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2:50 pm

Mr. Kieran Coughlan:

They have gone independent. The rates are set independently and are implemented by an independent body. It is expensive but it is now much more exacting on an MP to claim an allowance.

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