Ghost Miles

GHOST MILES

Over the past ten years there have been hundreds of kilometres of motorways opened all over Ireland. By-passes, link roads, national roads up graded and so forth have combined to take many hundreds (in some cases thousands) of kilometres per annum off the journeys for our TDs and Senators as they travel to Leinster House each week.

Only on Friday the Portlaoise to Cullahill section of the M8 was opened, the journey now from Monaghan to Dublin has been significantly cut due to by-passes and new motorway. Travel distance from Cork to Dublin has been significantly reduced. This picture is repeated around much of the country, yet a cursory glance at the Mileage claimed by Senators and TDs has for many remained static in some cases for up to ten years and more.

So why are some Senators and TDs claiming Ghost miles when they know that their journey distances have been significantly cut? Tens of thousands of Euro of our money is being paid out each year for Ghost Miles at a time when children in the ‘care’ of the State have no access to professional help due to lack of funding.

Those persons charged with over seeing the expenses of TDs and Senators need to ensure rigorous testing and checking of all expenses not simply the Limos and Gondolas that come into the public domain.

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