Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 4 Mar 1954

Vol. 144 No. 10

Written Answer. - Senators' and Deputies' Travelling Expenses

Captain Cowan

asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the amount paid in respect of each member of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann as travelling expenses incurred during the year ended 31st December, 1953, or the latest available date in respect of (a) journeys between their homes and Leinster House in connection with sittings of Dáil or Seanad Éireann and (b) other journeys.

Acting-Minister for Finance (Mr. Aiken)

The information required is as follows:—

PAYMENTS MADE TO MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER, 1953.

(Sub-head B of the Vote for the Houses of the Oireachtas).

Name of Teachta	*(a)	(b)	Total
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Allen, Denis	326	1	3	19	10	0	345	11	3
Barry, Richard (from 18/6/53)	47	15	4	6	5	6	54	0	10
Beirne, John	302	15	0	164	1	3	466	16	3
Belton, John	Nil	Nil	Nil
Blaney, Neil T.	358	0	5	224	9	7	582	10	0
Blowick, Joseph	285	9	4	103	19	0	389	8	4
Boland, Patrick	17	10	0	Nil	17	10	0
Brady, Philip A.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Brady, Seán	Nil	Nil	Nil
Breathnach, Cormac	Nil	Nil	Nil
Breen, Dan	Nil	543	15	5	543	15	5
Brennan, Joseph	339	11	7	56	15	10	396	7	5
Brennan, Thomas (decd.)	46	13	4	Nil	46	13	4
Breslin, Cormac	408	12	9	38	13	2	447	5	11
Briscoe, Robert	Nil	Nil	Nil
Browne, Noel C.	137	10	0	Nil	137	10	0
Browne, Patrick	317	7	2	Nil	317	7	2
Buckley, Seán	422	15	5	Nil	422	15	5
Burke, Patrick	138	13	4	29	6	8	168	0	0
Butler, Bernard	Nil	Nil	Nil
Pyrne, Alfred	Nil	Nil	Nil
Byrne, Alfred Patrick (decd.)	Nil	Nil	Nil
Byrne, Thomas N.J.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Cafferky, Dominick	262	18	8	140	13	4	403	12	0
Calleary, Phelim A.	395	2	4	38	10	0	433	12	4
Carew, John	365	9	10	12	10	0	377	19	10
Carter, Frank	233	0	10	110	2	8	343	3	6
Cawley, Patrick	275	0	0	108	0	0	383	0	0
Coburn, James (decd.)	7	2	10	Nil	7	2	10
Cogan, Patrick	358	6	8	72	10	0	430	16	8
Colley, Harry	Nil	Nil	Nil
Collins, James J.	431	6	8	40	3	4	471	10	0
Collins, Seán	Nil	851	12	3	851	12	3
Corish, Brendan	330	11	7	156	13	3	487	4	10
Corry, Martin J.	126	6	9	30	8	11	156	15	8
Cosgrave, Liam	38	0	0	28	16	8	66	16	8
Costello, Declan	Nil	Nil	Nil
Costello, John A.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Cowan, Peadar	Nil	Nil	Nil
Crotty, Patrick J.	242	3	9	31	5	0	273	8	9
Crowe, Patrick	335	15	10	10	10	10	346	6	8
Crowley, Honor Mary (Mrs.)	222	2	11	28	16	4	250	19	3
Crowley, Tadhg	349	12	7	167	16	11	517	9	6
Cunningham, Liam	367	18	0	173	2	6	541	0	6
Davern, Michael J.	274	12	7	133	7	6	408	0	1
Davin, William	Nil	29	16	7	29	16	7
Deering, Mark (from 18/6/53)	55	16	0	24	16	0	80	12	0
Desmond, Daniel	459	7	8	85	7	0	544	14	8
de Valera, Vivion	Nil	Nil	Nil
Dillon, James M.	335	1	1	101	12	9	436	13	10
Dockrell, Henry P.	77	8	8	5	7	4	82	16	0
Dockrell, Maurice E.	82	6	8	Nil	82	6	8
Donnellan, Michael	617	12	8	210	15	3	828	7	11
Doyle, Peadar S.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Duignan, Peadar	182	6	2	172	9	8	354	15	10
Dunne, Seán	Nil	Nil	Nil
Esmonde, Anthony C.	175	6	8	118	10	8	293	17	4
Everett, James	270	14	0	64	16	0	335	10	0
Fagan, Charles	142	10	0	17	16	3	160	6	3
Fahy, Frank (decd.)	Nil	Nil	Nil
Fanning, John	221	5	0	86	5	0	307	10	0
ffrench-O'Carroll, Michael	Nil	Nil	Nil
Finan, John	323	10	0	156	0	0	479	10	0
Finucane, Patrick	418	17	6	218	12	6	637	10	0
Flanagan, Oliver J.	457	2	0	200	4	0	657	6	0
Flanagan, Seán	350	15	5	85	15	5	436	10	10
Flynn, John	247	14	8	89	0	5	336	15	1
Flynn, Stephen	301	12	1	36	10	4	338	2	5
Gallagher, Colm	Nil	Nil	Nil
Gilbride, Eugene	357	13	4	70	11	8	428	5	0
Giles, Patrick	190	0	9	3	16	8	193	17	5
Harris, Thomas	187	10	0	16	13	4	204	3	4
Hession, James M.	360	7	2	133	14	8	494	1	10
Hickey, James	136	5	8	Nil	136	5	8
Hillery, Patrick J.	386	19	0	60	2	8	447	1	8
Hilliard, Michael	76	19	1	9	3	6	86	2	7
Hughes, Joseph	537	18	8	31	10	4	569	9	0
Humphreys, Francis	416	14	4	28	12	4	445	6	8
Keane, Seán (decd.)	114	6	3	69	8	10	183	15	1
Kenneally, William	326	13	4	24	10	0	351	3	4
Keyes, Michael	258	16	2	33	4	2	292	0	4
Killilea, Mark	246	10	8	73	7	4	319	18	0
Kyne, Thomas A.	231	0	0	127	14	0	358	14	0
Lahiffe, Robert (from 21/8/53)	38	15	0	64	11	8	103	6	8
Larkin, James	108	14	0	2	6	0	111	0	0
Lehane, Patrick D.	162	0	5	34	17	0	196	17	5
Little, Patrick J.	53	13	4	69	16	9	123	10	1
Lynch, John (North Kerry)	363	15	0	27	10	0	391	5	0
McAuliffe, Patrick	405	14	10	97	10	8	503	5	6
MacBride, Seán	Nil	Nil	Nil
McCann, John	Nil	Nil	Nil
MacCarthy, Seán	160	15	4	4	5	9	165	1	1
McEllistrim, Thomas	423	17	8	66	18	6	490	16	2
MacEoin, Seán	33	18	6	447	12	1	481	10	7
McGilligan, Patrick	Nil	Nil	Nil
McGrath, Patrick	134	3	8	4	7	10	138	11	6
McMenamin, Daniel	Nil	518	5	10	518	5	10
McQuillan, John	336	15	7	184	14	5	521	10	0
Madden, David J.	304	13	0	Nil	304	13	0
Maguire, Patrick J.	201	9	0	53	5	6	254	14	6
Maher, Peadar	359	9	8	70	5	4	429	15	0
Mannion, John	463	5	0	180	15	0	644	0	0
Moran, Michael	483	8	7	69	19	11	553	8	6
Morrissey, Daniel	Nil	351	3	5	351	3	5
Mulcahy, Richard	Nil	154	5	10	154	5	10
Murphy, Michael P.	586	5	0	197	15	0	784	0	0
Murphy, William	311	8	11	33	0	0	344	8	11
Norton, William	Nil	160	13	4	160	13	4
O'Donnell, Patrick	504	5	3	154	10	3	658	15	6
O'Gorman, Patrick J.	240	17	10	Nil	240	17	10
O'Hara, Thomas	436	16	6	213	1	3	649	17	9
O'Higgins, Thomas F. (Jun.)	35	8	0	370	19	11	406	7	11
O'Higgins, Thomas F. (decd.)	Nil	348	3	4	348	3	4
O'Leary, Johnny	362	6	4	59	15	10	422	2	2
O'Reilly, Matthew	314	14	0	30	0	0	344	14	0
O'Reilly, Patrick	361	11	2	16	6	10	377	18	0
Ormonde, John	280	10	0	68	11	8	349	1	8
O'Sullivan, Denis	221	15	7	211	9	4	433	4	11
O'Sullivan, Ted	535	5	0	93	3	5	628	8	5
Palmer, Patrick W.	639	11	8	33	0	0	672	11	8
Reidy, James	31	4	4	Nil	31	4	4
Reynolds, Mary (Mrs.)	77	13	10	5	6	5	83	0	3
Rice, Bridget M. (Mrs.)	52	17	5	16	2	0	68	19	5
Roddy, Joseph	262	6	0	7	0	0	269	6	0
Rogers, Patrick J.	73	17	5	2	19	4	76	16	9
Rooney, Eamon	115	10	0	22	3	4	137	13	4
Ryan, Mary B. (Mrs.)	273	16	0	41	1	4	314	17	4
Sheldon, William A.W.	392	0	0	13	16	0	405	16	0
Sheridan, Michael	221	11	9	47	8	0	268	19	9
Spring, Dan	446	19	10	129	15	6	576	15	4
Sweetman, Gerard	153	8	0	21	0	0	174	8	0
Tully, John	192	10	0	5	16	8	198	6	8
Walsh, Laurence J.	252	10	0	32	10	0	285	0	0
TOTALS£	27,722	15	10	10,446	0	10	38,168	16	8

*Includes journeys to attend meetings of Dáil Committees and Joint Committees of both Houses.

PAYMENTS MADE TO MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER, 1953.

(Sub-head D of the Vote for the Houses of the Oireachtas)

Name of Seanadóir	*(a)	(b)	Total
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Aghas, Pádraig	197	3	4	Nil	197	3	4
Barniville, Henry L.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Baxter, Patrick F.	22	8	0	48	4	4	70	12	4
Burke, Denis	85	15	0	Nil	85	15	0
Butler, John	168	0	0	42	0	0	210	0	0
Clarkin, Andrew S.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Colgan, Michael (Decd.)	Nil	Nil	Nil
Commons, Bernard	176	6	3	376	3	9	552	10	0
Cunningham, John F.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Douglas, James G.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Dowdall, Jennie (Mrs.)	47	8	3	4	2	0	51	10	3
Fearon, Robert P.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Fearon, William R.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Fitzsimons, Patrick	55	11	8	24	3	4	79	15	0
Gorry, Patrick J.	46	7	6	103	15	10	150	3	4
Hartnett, Noel	Nil	Nil	Nil
Hartney, Seán	42	4	3	4	11	5	46	15	8
Hawkins, Frederick	32	17	10	16	4	6	49	2	4
Hayes, Michael	Nil	Nil	Nil
Hayes, Seán	119	5	0	244	10	0	363	15	0
Hearne, Michael	Nil	Nil	Nil
Honan, Thomas V.	169	3	4	Nil	169	3	4
Jessop, W.J.E.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Johnston, Joseph	8	1	8	Nil	8	1	8
Kilroy, James (Decd.)	147	4	0	57	8	0	204	12	0
Loughman, Frank	109	7	6	131	13	9	241	1	3
Lynch, James B.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Lynch, Peter T.	161	2	0	274	14	0	435	16	0
McCrea, James J.	131	12	0	215	0	0	346	12	0
MacFadden, Micheál Óg	137	19	9	54	3	5	192	3	2
McGee, James T.	20	0	0	276	13	4	296	13	4
McGuire, Edward A	Nil	Nil	Nil
McHugh, Vincent	96	0	0	288	16	0	384	16	0
Meighan, John J.	89	14	0	89	14	0	179	8	0
Nic Phiarais, Maighréad M. (Miss)	Nil	Nil	Nil
O'Brien, George	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ó Buachalla, Liam	371	3	4	13	12	11	384	16	3
O'Callaghan, William	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ó Ciosáin, Eamon	137	11	4	64	3	3	201	14	7
Ó Corcora, Domhnaill	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ó Donnabháin, Seán	Nil	Nil	Nil
O'Donnell, Frank H.	8	1	4	Nil	8	1	4
O'Donovan, Timothy J.	186	8	4	32	10	0	218	18	4
O'Dwyer, Martin	21	0	0	Nil	21	0	0
Ó Grádaigh, Seán	7	15	10	Nil	7	15	10
Ua Guilidhe, Seán	70	5	4	Nil	70	5	4
O'Higgins, Michael J.	Nil	Nil	Nil
O'Reilly, Patrick	61	14	4	8	16	4	70	10	8
O'Reilly, Patrick F.	Nil	Nil	Nil
O'Rourke, Daniel	182	9	4	184	18	7	367	7	11
Ó Siocfhradha, Pádraig	Nil	Nil	Nil
Quirke, William	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ruane, Seán T.	79	16	6	8	1	8	87	18	2
Ruane, Thomas	199	7	6	394	7	6	593	15	0
Stanford, William B.	1	6	8	Nil	1	6	8
Summerfield, Frederick M.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Teehan, Patrick J.	124	4	0	31	1	0	155	5	0
Tunney, James	32	0	0	10	13	4	42	13	4
Yeats, Michael B.	5	10	0	Nil	5	10	0
TOTALS£	3,552	5	2	3,000	2	3	6,552	7	5

*Includes journeys to attend meetings of Seanad Committees and Joint Committees of both Houses.