The Green Party has welcomed Oireachtas Commission proposals to reduce TDs expenses, but called for further cuts to be made.
Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe said the party would welcome changes to pensions for TDs who receive ministerial pensions once they've left the ministry, as well as ensuring teachers who become TDs give up their posts.
He also called for changes to travel expenses, ensuring they were paid at the lowest rate to avoid rewarding people for driving bigger cars.
Mr Cuffe said he was disappointed that other parties had sought to object to the reductions.
"These are the first significant reforms of the expenses regime in the Oireachtas and it is worrying that other parties sought to block some of the proposals for reductions," he said.
"The whole process could have been brought about much more quickly, if agreement had been reached on the urgency of these cuts."