Oireachtas spent over €200,000 on Seanad counts including €97,000 for staff who worked through a Bank Holiday weekend tallying votes – TheStory.ie

Oireachtas spent over €200,000 on Seanad counts including €97,000 for staff who worked through a Bank Holiday weekend tallying votes – TheStory.ie

The Seanad election count cost Leinster House more than €200,000 with Oireachtas staff paid more than €96,000 including weekend and overtime payments. The Oireachtas said employee costs for their work on the election came to more than €110,000 which included around €13,600 in indirect costs for ushers, catering, and tech experts. A separate sum of €96,734 was paid directly to twenty-five staff involved in counting votes, with the figure inflated…