Dáil debates

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

12:50 pm

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

The 2013 budget gave a commitment to publish legislation to deal with the ongoing anomaly of Independent Deputies receiving upwards of €45,000 and €48,000 tax-free in the form of a leader's allowance. When can we expect to see the legislation to deal with that issue of people getting these tax-free lump sums into their hands? I have raised another issue here in recent weeks that is particularly relevant in today's context. I requested that time be given in the House for a debate on the disappeared. This issue has long taxed a number of Members of this House. People have raised it on a number of occasions. Particularly in light of a recent television documentary on this, a debate in this House is long overdue and may provide some Members with an opportunity to bring forward information that may be relevant.

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brian gillen
Posted on 5 Dec 2013 7:41 pm (Report this comment)

It looks like the teams in the blue shirts, the green shirts, and the red shirts don't like the multicoloured lot getting a toggling out allowance.

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