Senators on €70k salaryplus extra incomes

FOUR out of five senators are double-jobbing or have extra incomes on top of the €70,000-plus paid to them by the State for working just three days a week, 34 weeks a year in the Upper House.

Labour senator Ivana Bacik is paid at least three separate wages from the State, including one as a lecturer in Trinity College Dublin and fees paid to her as a barrister acting on behalf of the DPP, the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, the Attorney General and the Department of Justice.

More than half of members of the Upper House are landlords or have extensive property portfolios, with some boasting houses in Italy and South of France.