Value for money, politicians?

The Dáil is back from its Christmas break this afternoon. “So soon?” I hear you ask. Yes, it’s only been six weeks since those we elected to legislate on our behalf began their holiday. They needn’t worry though because their next long break is just around the corner and within six weeks they’ll be off for Easter. I’ve been listening to policitians arguing the toss about the amount of time TDs spend in the Dail each year with the opposition bleating on about how they should be there more often (although it’s not like they made any effort to make that happen when they were last in power) and Government spokespeople claiming that they’ve actually been hard at work since the beginning of the year, (except, if I heard him correctly, Ned O’Keefe who told Morning Ireland yesterday that he’d spent much of his little holiday horse racing and only went back to work in the middle of the month). We have a poll on ireland.com today which asks if our politicians provide value for money. So far 92 per cent of voters have said no.