Oireachtas expenses system is ‘flawed’

The expenses system for TDs and Senators is “flawed” and could lead to over-payment, according to the chairman of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), John McGuinness.

Following a review of around 1,100 allowances paid across the public sector, the committee recommended an independent review of travel and other expenses and allowances paid to TDs, which amount to around €10m.

“It would be wrong if we sent out the signal that the allowances to public servants would be reviewed but that our own would not,” Mr McGuinness (FF) said.