€240,000 thousand euro was divided among 48 senators.
Senators have been awarded expenses for April and May this year, despite the Seanad being closed at the time.
€240,000 thousand euro was divided among 48 senators - averaging around €4,000 each.
Westmeath senator, Fianna Fáil's Aidan Davitt and Offaly's Super Junior Minister, Senator Pippa Hackett both had expenses of €5,840 for the two months.
Fianna Fáil senator Malcolm Byrne - who waived his expenses for May, defended the payments and says they have to be accounted for at the end of the year;
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