€107K

People Before Profit slam move as 'people on ground really struggle'

- FERGHAL BLANEY

As TDs set for €2,000 pay rise, this will bring their annual salary to....

DAIL deputies are set to get a pay rise of over €2,000 tomorrow.

TDs will be awarded the salary hike under a public sector pay deal which will see the basic wages top €107,000 for the first time and this is before their expenses are added on top.

The Dail sits for an average of 100 days a year, just three days a week before huge holidays, so it means their salary stands at over €1,000 for every day they represent voters in the House.

It would also see a backbench TD, who lives in an area some distance from the Dail, see their basic salary topped up to €140,000 once expenses under just one category, the TAA, Travel and Accommodation Allowance, are included.

The TAA is an unvouched expense based purely on how far a politician lives from Leinster House.