Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet
9:00 am
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source
Yes. I have a question on PDF allowances, a subject that the public will be very interested in. Border duty allowances worth a total of €2.8 million were paid to 710 recipients. In 2017 why in the name of God are we paying Border duty allowances to 710 recipients? Unfortunately, with Brexit there may be a requirement for us to pay these allowances in the future. The allowance is an historical one. Paying the allowance will seem like madness to the general public.
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