David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, certainly. All the allowances are a nonsense. The Minister never replied to my point. Could we get to a stage where we get the rate for the job and no bloody allowances at all? That is what I would like to see. Let us analyse the provisions. The public should know what is proposed and the amounts of money involved. There is €64,368 in respect of each of the first ten Members elected and then apparently there are second-class Dáil Members. I do not know how they become second class but they only get a mere €51,493 and if one is a total dud at the bottom of the class and never opens one’s gob except to be pushed through the lobbies-----