The Tainiste thinks court fines should have been taken out of Clare Daly's wages instead of sending her to jail.
The Dublin TD spent just over an hour behind bars, after she and Mick Wallace refused t
The Tánaiste says the fines issued to Mick Wallace and Clare Daly should have been deducted from their wages.
Joan Burton says the imprisonment of both TDs could have been avoided if court fines were deducted from wages.
Both TDs were given Garda escorts from Dublin to Limerick Prison yesterday, only to be released within hours.
The Tanaiste says the events highlight some of the waste that's currently in the system: