Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
2:00 am
Mr. Peter Finnegan:
What happens is after a general election there is the turnover. In the last number of elections, we have seen large numbers of Members change. Each Member has two staff. Those staff have to be looked after. Both for the Member and the staff, we provide the severance and pension arrangements. That would be very normal after a general election. A general election is a big undertaking for us because of the number of people who are moving out or moving in. We try to look after each group as best as we possibly can.