Oireachtas to spend €700k printing documents for TDs and senators

Tenders being sought from external contractors, despite having spent almost €2m on a new printer that was too big for its intended room

A total of 230 copies of the Dáil agenda will be printed each sitting day. File picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

The Houses of the Oireachtas is set to spend more than €700,000 producing printed copies of bills, acts, order papers, and other parliamentary documents for TDs and senators over the next two years.

The administrative body is currently seeking tenders from external contractors to provide the service, despite having spent almost €2m on a new printer that was too big to fit in its intended room in 2018.