Politicians’ travel costs ‘should be questioned’

THE commission which has responsibility for Dáil and Seanad budgets should enquire into the cost and extent of foreign travel by senators and TDs.

The call for an examination of the cost-effectiveness of overseas travel was made by Green Party chief whip Dan Boyle.

He was responding to yesterday’s disclosure by the Irish Examiner that foreign travel by Government backbenchers and opposition TDs and senators has cost the taxpayer some €1.25 million over the past two years.