Northern Ireland MPs spend less than £10k on ink in an full year

While the erudite and learned Rt Hon Aengus Ó’Snodaigh TD was helping himself to €50,000 worth of printer ink cartridges so as proliferate his constituency enclave with thought-provoking messages in 2007-08, it is relevant to point out that the sum spent on cartridges and printing ink by the Northern Ireland MPs in Westminster for the year to April 2011 was under £10,000.

The following summarises the individual claims:

Northern Ireland MPs	Spend on Ink and Toner £ April 2010 – March 2011
Ritchie, M	1,701.02
Dodds, N	373.86
Donaldson, J	795.39
Paisley, I	64.98
McDonnell, A	4,010.07
Wilson, S	1,266.40
Hermon, Lady S	256.95
Murphy, C	472.17
Simpson, D	59.45
Durkan, M	339.60
McCrea, W	646.68
TOTAL	£9,985.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MP	Stationary 2007-08  £	Postage 2007-08 £	MP Travel – 2008-09 Home /Constituency £
Adams, G	85.24	218.00	1,218.00
Campbell, G	290.66	1,337.50	19,878.00
Dodds, N	1,118.15	4,052.00	17,624.00
Doherty, P	210.31	621.75	1,302.00
Donaldson, J	1,168.77	3,176.00	17,785.00
Durkan, M	237.04	545.00	12,254.00
Gildernew, M	110.87	518.75	375.00
Silvia, Lady Hermon	356.26	2,660.00	6,404.00
McCrea, W	627.15	2,033.60	18,850.00
McDonnell, A	209.19	864.00	10,450.00
McGrady, E	466.31	1,140.00	14,640.00
McGuinness, M	0	0	598.00
Murphy, C	54.98	170.00	840.00
Paisley, I	305.42	1,624.50	4,361.00
Robinson, I	879.00	3,192.00	10,891.00
Robinson, P	287.80	1,354,50	12,438.00
Simpson, D	481.80	1,445.75	19,943.00
Wilson, S	630.59	2,259.00	19,979.00

 

There is a relative consistency, moderation and pausibility in the above that does not exist in the case of printer cartridges because if each TD was as needy as the Rt Hon and distinguished learned member for Dublin South Central the State would be paying €8.25 million.  That would be the fault of the Oireachtas – if nobody were to say ‘anything’ to ‘anybody’.