Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The electorate has the right to know what way the Independent Members are spending their money. I must have touched a nerve, because all of a sudden the Independent Members have woken from their slumber.

The electorate has a right to know how their money is being spent. Essentially, that €43,000 comes on top of Deputies salaries of €86,000, for which they do not need to produce a single receipt.

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