Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Again, I am picking out these allowances in the context of the comments I have made, which is that many allowances seem logical because someone is doing additional work but others simply do not make sense to me. I refer to allowances paid in the VEC and institute of technology sectors, namely, the junior caretaker allowance, the senior caretaker allowance and then another junior caretaker allowance. The witnesses should explain what are these allowances for which there are total annual costs of €25,000, €15,000 and €29,000.