Our TD's - making democracy work

recylingbin

The expense claims of our dáil representatives:

Bannon FG €48000
McFadden FG €49000
Penrose Lab €15000
Troy FF €48000

Penrose had use of 2 drivers, whom I believe were paid 30,000 each.

On top of that they get 90K a year wage basic plus money for sitting on comittees, etc.

Tis a great little country

slowharry

What does "Expenses" Cover?

constituency office? - Make meeting rooms available council buildings/libraries throughout

Travel expenses? - give them free bus and rail passes

does this include secretarial staff?

There is one labour TD who claimed no expenses. he is based in Dublin but that would only save some travel costs and he survives.

Really pissed with myself I voted Mcfadden although I don't think the alternatives would be significantly better less bad.

nice_guy80

slowharry wrote: »

What does "Expenses" Cover?

constituency office? - Make meeting rooms available council buildings/libraries throughout

Travel expenses? - give them free bus and rail passes

does this include secretarial staff?

There is one labour TD who claimed no expenses. he is based in Dublin but that would only save some travel costs and he survives.

Really pissed with myself I voted Mcfadden although I don't think the alternatives would be significantly better less bad.

they get Constituency Office expenses on top of that - flat rate given, no need for rent receipts. I think they have to pay a person out of that allowance too.
they also get is it one or two parliamentary assistants?

Ruben Remus

recylingbin wrote: »

The expense claims of our dáil representatives:

Bannon FG €48000
McFadden FG €49000
Penrose Lab €15000
Troy FF €48000

Penrose had use of 2 drivers, whom I believe were paid 30,000 each.

On top of that they get 90K a year wage basic plus money for sitting on comittees, etc.

Tis a great little country

I'm not questioning the accuracy of these figures, but I just wanted to ask where you saw them? Were they online or in a newspaper?

mikemac1

journal.ie had this info

http://www.thejournal.ie/this-is-how-much-your-td-claimed-in-expenses-in-2011-344683-Feb2012/

There is a spreadsheet too

jimmerc

All I can say is that our Labour TD does not use his allowance to answer his emails. I emailed him on a matter and I got a standard reply that did not address my question. Despite two more emails from me he has not bothered to have the manners to reply! But no bother there will be another election and I will not forget!!!!:mad:

time lord

Ireland roughly has the same population as Manchester. They dont need 166 T.D.s a Seanad, a president and about 300+ getting paid on councils.
Stop voting mainstream for a few government terms. Its the only way folks.

lakill Farm

it is my understanding that your local Labour TD has been sick and receiving treatment the last 4plus months. Not affliated with said person.

jimmerc wrote: »

All I can say is that our Labour TD does not use his allowance to answer his emails. I emailed him on a matter and I got a standard reply that did not address my question. Despite two more emails from me he has not bothered to have the manners to reply! But no bother there will be another election and I will not forget!!!!:mad:

time lord

lakill Farm wrote: »

it is my understanding that your local Labour TD has been sick and receiving treatment the last 4plus months. Not affliated with said person.

How sick is sick? Is he not also double jobbing down in the Four Courts in these recent weeks? Again how sick is sick, holding down two jobs at the moment poor fellow.

jimmerc

I am sorry to hear if he is sick but as far as I know he gets an allowance for running his office and to staff it. It is not beyond the impossible that some could have had the manners to email me letting me know the situation.

I find it difficult to believe that he is sick for the last 3 months and we have not heard about it. Perhaps his office could enlighten us regarding this matter.

slowharry

it is my understanding that your local Labour TD has been sick and receiving treatment the last 4plus months.

Sorry for him if he is sick but if his illness means he is incapable of working as a TD he should resign.

walrusgumble

Our Westmeath TD's who are only 1 -2 hours away from Dublin, none of them have any significant back bench portfolio, none of them are even an arses roar close to even a junior ministerial role, are all getting around the €45k mark,nearly bloody €50k.


Yet, TD's in Cork, Longer distance, are claiming only about €5-10 k more? (whatever preverse universe we are in, how could the gap between these areas be so close?)

It makes no sense, who the Westmeath guys could have ran up such huge bills.

Imagine what they will try and claim if Town Councils are banished.

walrusgumble

slowharry wrote: »

Sorry for him if he is sick but if his illness means he is incapable of working as a TD he should resign.

Has not stopped him from being out and about in the Law Library, last seen 2 weeks ago (okay okay the stress level would not be as huge)

slowharry

Just listened to Robert Troy on the Newstalk (Moncrieff show) very poor performance. Not one remotely interesting thing to say. Sounded like it was his first interview and considering its the first time I heard him maybe it was.

time lord

Couldn't say any thing about that man without incuring a lifetime ban:mad:

slowharry

time lord wrote: »

Couldn't say any thing about that man without incuring a lifetime ban:mad:

ah go on

recylingbin

time lord wrote: »

Couldn't say any thing about that man without incuring a lifetime ban:mad:

Wise decision.
aeons for a time lord, I'd imagine.