TDs can claim €4k a month without expenses receipts

TDs WILL be able to claim between €2,250 and €4,400 in expenses each month without having to produce receipts under a new system.

But they will have to verify their attendance at the Dáil to qualify for some of their payments. The expenses will be on top of their basic pay, which starts at €92,672 for new TDs.

Details of the revised system, which takes effect from March 1, were announced last night by the Department of Finance following agreement with the body that runs the Dáil and Seanad.