Politicians made return €166k overpaid expenses

Forty-seven TDs and senators who were overpaid expenses were made refund over €166,000, it can be revealed.

Politicians made return €166k overpaid expenses

Forty-seven TDs and senators who were overpaid expenses were made refund over €166,000, it can be revealed.

According to new figures from the Houses of the Oireachtas, seen by the Irish Examiner, members of both the Dáil and the Seanad were forced to return monies for failing to meet the full attendance threshold of 120 days last year.

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