Teachers are the professionals most Irish people trust to tell the truth, according to new research, which found just 36 per cent believe TDs are honest.
A nationally representative survey carried out by B&A for the Medical Council found 91 per cent of those questioned trust teachers.
Respondents were asked if they trust a range of professions to “tell the truth”.
A total of 89 per cent said they trust doctors, down from 93 per cent in 2020.
Just 36 per cent said they trust TDs, although this is up slightly from 35 per cent in 2020.
Journalists and the media saw a fall in trust from 50% to 43%, while belief in the honesty of gardaí rose from 69 per cent to 76 per cent.
Just over half of adults polled said they trust “business leaders” to tell the truth, while the results for civil servants and trade union officials stood at 74 per cent and 67 per cent respectively.
In the legal profession, 81 per cent of people trust judges to tell the truth and three-quarters have that belief about solicitors and barristers.
The margin of error on the sample of 1,005 adults over the age of 16 is plus/minus 2.8 per centat a confidence level of 95 per cent.
