Control on €41k Dáil perk ‘not onerous’

Stricter controls planned for the €41,000 allowance paid to independent TDs are not “cumbersome” or “onerous”, according to Brendan Howlin, the public expenditure and reform minister.

He has prepared draft legislation to overhaul the party leader’s allowance, which will be brought before the Cabinet in the autumn.

It follows a consultation on the payment by his department, initiated on a recommendation of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.