THE PACKAGE FOR A TD –

The gravy train Breakdown

Unvouched expenses must be open to all sorts of abuse in short a laugh.

TD salary: €92,672.

• Travel and accommodation allowance: from €12,000 (those living closest to Leinster House) to over €35,000.

• Allowances for renting offices: €15,000 unvouched; €25,700 vouched.

• Secretarial assistant plus additional secretarial allowance: €41,092 vouched; or €8,888.17 unvouched plus an annual allowance of €11,591 vouched.

• Leinster House provides free telephone and postal facilities, including 1,250 prepaid envelopes a month.

• €750 every 18 months to buy a mobile phone and car kit, including installation costs and insurance.

• €8,000 one-off grant to set up an office outside Leinster House.

• Independent TDs are entitled to an annual allowance of €41,152 each (€23,383 for independent senators).

via THE PACKAGE FOR A TD – National News – Independent.ie.

via THE PACKAGE FOR A TD – National News – Independent.ie.