Sinn Féin has defended claiming over stg£1m from Westminster in the past decade while refusing to take up seats.
The party's faced criticism today after it was revealed that it receives around stg£100,000 a year despite its abstentionist policy.
It currently has seven MPs elected to Westminster - they meet with other parties but do not sit in parliament.
Sinn Fein TD Louise O'Reilly says it's what their supporters want.
"I was out canvassing during the Westminster elections, I knocked on many, many doors.
"People support fully our policy of abstentionism because they know that Sinn Féin - no matter where they are seated - will provide them with a top class constituency service.
"People are happy, we have had our policy endorsed in the most recent election."
