Six Oireachtas members had to refund €5,176

I refer to Mr FitzGerald’s letter of February 11 in relation to receipts for the expenses of members of the Oireachtas.

I would again point to our website, www.oireachtas.ie, where we publish annual audit reports which are produced by an independent auditor on the members’ use of their public representation allowance.

This is a fully vouched allowance. Members must retain all receipts, invoices, and proofs of payment for five years and present them to the independent auditor for inspection should they be among the 10% of members randomly chosen for audit.