I don’t get it, how can you spend on travel total of yearly salary of average Irish worker?!

To the moon and back because that’s where most of them live

What rate do the get per km? Would be interesting to see just how many km Perry did and then look at were he traveled to last year.

From the Biography of a Junior Minister:

“While disappointed at not attaining higher office, he knuckles down and determines to make the most (out of) the position in which he finds himself”

€31,866, facepalm.

If you want the job, you should pay for yourself to get to work like we do in the real world.
If that doesn’t suit, go back to being a teacher.

Scrap travel charges

Is this on top of the declared expenses?

The M.P. In the UK go to jail for fiddling expenses are there any such laws here ?

People you no idea of how wasteful this is. The rate for an articulated truck in Ireland going to Europe is between 65c/km to 80c/km that would include road tolls which could account for up to €1000 per week. I will gladly go to the public accounts hearings for free to go through these travel claims. This is total corruption.

Perry is obviously a SUPER junior minister….for something or other.

It just turns the stomach. When they were in opposition they condemned this behavious in Fianna Fail. but we now know it was all a ruse to get elected. We were fooled because we were lied to. We need legislation to abolish an abusive usless government when the majority of citizens reject it. This waiting for another 5 years is unacceptable. By then we will be on our knees and up to our necks in debt.

I am not sure how balanced this is. If you read the blog it seems that the figure is a cumulative total for mileage AND accomodation. I think it would be much more useful to break down what was mileage and what was accomodation, then we could get a clear picture of where money was being spent. I travel for business and my costs would not be too far off this but I have to account for every KM driven and ever cent spent on accomodation. Why are we only given a headline figure without the supporting detail?

I think it is interesting that the rate per KM for cars of 2L or over is 70.8c. It costs me roughly €100 to fill my car and I get over 1000KM to a fill on a mix of urban and motorway usage. That exuates to a cost of 10c per KM and even considering cost of insurance, tax, maintenance, wear and tear etc, I struggle to see how an allowance 7 times that is justified. It also seems to encourage the use of larger vehicles which is directly at odds with the Government’s own green agenda.

You could also take issue with some of the TDs with very little in the way of expenses – why are they not out and about around the country doing their jobs?

Ah well they have to make money some way ! They are earning less than the masters !

You’d swear none of them knew the distance before actively campaigning to get into the Dàil, paid to get in and out of work, and these are the upholders constitution of the which states , that everyone in the republic is equal! So where can we send our mileage receipts to, answers on a brown envelope only!

Does that include Hotel charges.

Ministers from the west coast have high mileage, you don’t say!!

I think all expenses should be vouched for but let’s not kid ourselves that we can have no expenses and expect rural constituencies not to be left at a representative disadvantage.