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# Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

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TDs' and senators' salaries cost €19m last year - a 4.5% increase from 2017
The Dáil 'tuck shop' that cost €1.3 million to build and lasted five years is reopening (sort of)
The government doesn't have a majority in the Seanad and has to change the law to get it back
New law being considered to replace Kieran Coughlan as clerk of the Dáil
KildareStreet.com launches fundraising bid to build new site
Oireachtas 'seeking resolution' to revive KildareStreet.com debate tracker