A former MEP, failed Dáil candidates and party councillors are in the running to be added to a list of nominees for the upcoming Seanad elections.

Senators seeking to be elected to the Dáil make up nine of the top 10 places on the publicly funded Oireachtas printing facility, new figures show.

Sinn Féin deputy Leader Mary Lou McDonald says the “realities of life” are behind a review of the party’s policy of only taking the average industrial wage.