TDs claim €567,000 in expenses for just one month

The figures also show that members of the last Seanad, which did not sit from November 7 until February, claimed a combined €126,000 in Parliamentary Standard Allowance in December.

TDs claimed more than €567,000 in expenses for December, the first month of the new Dáil term, when the House sat on just one occasion.

Details of the Parliamentary Standard Allowance (PSA) claims from December have been published, showing the amounts claimed in unvouched travel expenses and office costs.