TDs to cost taxpayers €160,000 next year
The average salary for a Dáil deputy will rise from €100,000 this year to €103,518 in 2007.
This compares favourably to the average industrial wage, which currently stands at 602.35 a week, or approximately €31,322 a year, but TDs argue they work extremely long hours.
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