FF TDs missed most votes

FIANNA Fails two Laois Offaly TDs have the worst record of voting in the Dail despite been clocked in at the time but none of the TDs have a 100 per cent attendance record.

Under a new expenses regime, TDs must now use key fob to clock in. Details published this week showed that Barry Cowen voted 16 times which was a 67 percent voting record. He missed 7 votes while ‘fobbed in’

Sean Fleming voted 17 times which was a 71 per cent record. He missed five votes while ‘fobbed in’.

On the Fine Gael side, Charlie Flanagan voted 20 times which was a 83 per cent record. He missed two votes while ‘fobbed in’. Marcella Corcoran Kennedy had the best record of the five TDs voting 22 times with a 92 per cent record. She missed two votes while ‘fobbed in’.

Sinn Fein’s Brian Stanley had the second best performance. He voted 21 times which was a 88 per cent record. He missed 2 votes while ‘fobbed in’.