Accounts show TD and Senator salaries came to €18m last year as Dáil bar and restaurant profits double

It cost the tax-payer €18.58m last year to fund the salaries of all TDs and Senators in Leinster House, according to the 2017 annual report of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission published today.

Fri, 29 Jun, 2018 - 17:02

By Gordon Deegan

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