Controversy over TD and Senator expenses - how should it work?

17 September - 17 mins
Podcast Series Moncrieff

There’s a story in the Irish Times today about members of Oireachtas having to repay expenses. In one case, a Senator was on sick leave, but was paid expenses anyway, and another situation for a TD who was on maternity leave.

So, what is the confusion here, and how does payment and expenses work for TDs and Senators?

Joanna Tuffy, Labour Party Councillor for Dublin Mid-West and a former TD and Senator has been writing about this, and joins Seán to discuss.

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