Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service
9:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I did not mean to get into any specific detail there. I have two final observations to make. We were supplied with a briefing note on the outturn for salaries, wages and allowances in 2014, which was €236 million, including a Supplementary Estimate of €5 million. The outturn in 2015 was €235 million. I see that the estimated outturn for 2016 is €230 million. It is good to see a reduction of €5 million and I ask the witnesses to explain that. I am surprised that they did not mention it already, which is why I am pointing it out. There is a drop of €5 million in the category in 2016 compared with 2015. Why?
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