There are 174 members of Dáil Éireann. 29 of them - one-in-six - disclose second jobs or running other businesses on the side.
If they think they can juggle both, fine, good luck to them – but why, then, do almost every single one of them think public consultants can’t do private nixers too?
Gavan Reilly
In this week's Politics by Numbers, Gavan Reilly digs into the Rotunda row over consultants doing private work, and the bigger question it's reopened.
If public consultants shouldn't double-job, why is it so common among the TDs making that argument? jrnl.ie/7066023
One in six TDs have a separate role alongside being a public rep – and that presumes we don’t view ‘landlord’ as a job.
