Three TDs admit spending €2k to campaign beyond their constituencies

Three politicians who admitted using Oireachtas expenses for work outside of their constituencies estimate they spent around €2,000 altogether campaigning beyond their electoral area.

Oireachtas officials have agreed to meet a number of Dublin TDs next week to discuss how the special travel expenses regime for politicians should be spent.

Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins, party colleague Clare Daly, and People Before Profit’s Joan Collins are awaiting their own legal advice on the expenses rules.