Political dinners on the never-never

HERE’S a radical idea that Mark Mulqueen of the Oireachtas Communications Office (Letters, May 12) might like to share with his colleagues in Leinster House.

It’s one that mere “ordinary” people have had to deal with for ages when they buy drink, food and snacks.

They settle the bill immediately in full on the spot at the moment of purchase. I know it’s a strange concept for those who inhale the rarified air within Leinster House but it might just work and remove the need for Mr Mulqueen to waste his precious time defending what he claims are “misleading” stories from those pesky journalists using that damned FoI (Freedom of Information) that causes those in Leinster House so many problems. Especially when it is used to find out the truth about what the people Mr Mulqueen defends are getting up to.