No suggestion of increases in salaries and expenses for members of Oireachtas next year

Your front page article (Oct 26) deserves some context and explanation.

First and foremost, there is absolutely no suggestion of an increase in salaries or expenses for members of the Oireachtas in 2013.

Instead, and like any other organisation’s budgeting process, the Houses of the Oireachtas 2013 estimate provides for possible expenditure relating exclusively to increased parliamentary business.