Disgraced Redcliffe ex-MP Scott Driscoll may qualify for $8000 allowance after retiring on health grounds Scott Driscoll's new "cover" photo on Twitter. SCOTT Driscoll could pocket up to $8000 in allowances because he resigned on health grounds rather than wait to be punted by his fellow MPs. Details of Mr Driscoll's taxpayer-funded bounty comes as he continued to thumb his nose at the political arena, posting social media pictures of a man relaxing by the beach with the words "Keep Calm and Retire." Disgraced Driscoll 'retiring to beach' Driscoll reveals bipolar disorder The former member for Redcliffe is today due to become the fourth person in Queensland history to be called before the bar of Parliament, the most recent one being corrupt Labor MP Gordon Nuttall in 2011. It was not known last night whether Mr Driscoll would risk further parliamentary contempt charges by not appearing, or take up his last opportunity to use parliamentary privilege to defend himself and attack former LNP colleagues. State Parliament's Ethics Committee this week revealed Mr Driscoll had committed 49 separate cases of contempt by failing to declare income and interests and recommended he be expelled and fined $90,000. Hours after the committee report revealed Mr Driscoll and his wife received more than $500,000 in undeclared earnings, the MP quit, citing ill-health which had left him unable to perform his duties or defend himself. He has pleaded for sympathy from MPs, insisting health issues suffered by himself as well as his wife had left their household without an income earner. However, Mr Driscoll may get to keep about $8000 in allowances after receiving $18,000 from the Parliament on October 1 for the following three months. The rules state MPs must repay the proportion of any pre-paid allowances for the period applicable to when they are no longer an MP. However, they specifically give the Clerk of Parliament discretion not to pursue repayment on costs and compassionate grounds, such as when MPs resign over ill-health. It is understood Premier Campbell Newman will attempt to make Mr Driscoll repay any allowances owed and may seek to strip the former MP of his right to a parliamentary pass and unfettered access to the precinct.