Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Senator is quite right. Careful guidelines will be prepared for people's information. We will know what we can spend money on, that we will receive receipts for same and that the spending will be accounted for. Oversight will be provided by the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, via spot checks. For this reason, Members must hold on to their receipts for a certain length of time, as SIPO will periodically dip into our accounts to ensure everything is fine, as is currently done in respect of the party leader's allowance.