TDs and Senators will have to use facial recognition software in order to claim their expenses under confidential proposals seen by the Sunday Independent.
n independent review of the system of recording attendance (SRA) for Oireachtas members – commissioned on foot of allegations that the ‘fobbing-in’ system was being abused – proposes installing new facial recognition software at Leinster House at a cost of €20,500, noting it is “most likely to give the highest level of public confidence”.
The review by former Northern Assembly clerk and chief executive Trevor Reaney was commissioned on foot of a number of controversies in late 2019 over TDs missing Dáil votes but being recorded as having fobbed-in at Leinster House in order to claim expenses.