100 Oireachtas members paid over €500,000 since 2011

At least 100 current Oireachtas members have received in excess of half a million euro in pay, expenses and allowances since the current Government came to power in March 2011.

A database compiled by the RTÉ Investigations Unit, based on figures provided by the Oireachtas, found that almost 80 current TDs received in excess of that total.

However, the database does not include the extra salaries paid annually to the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, ministers or ministers of state as that money is paid out by their individual departments.