Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances

3:30 pm

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I might be able to help with some of that. We should do it because it would be worth doing. The next allowances I grouped were allowances which are expenses by another name. These include footwear allowance, office accommodation, uniform allowance and uniform cleaning allowance. Those are really expenses rather than allowances. The first one must be vouched. The office accommodation is for people doing their work at home. I presume the person would have to prove he or she has an office at home. How is the uniform allowance verified? Is that for someone who gets a uniform? Presumably he or she must prove he or she still has it in order to get the allowance. How does it work?

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