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Tue 07 Jul 2006TDs slow in paying debts in Dáil bar, even at €3.70 a pintPoliticians might be paying too little for their pints, wine and spirits in Leinster House, it has emerged after an audit which found that the profit margins in the Dáil bar are too low, writes Liam Reid, Political Reporter.The audit, by the Comptroller and Auditor General's office, also found that TDs and senators were not being chased up quickly enough to pay off their bar tabs.