Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Hopefully, so that we reach the international norm and I understand that the Department has to build up to that.

I was intrigued by the amount for the highest individual payment for overtime in the Prison Service in 2022. One individual received an overtime payment of €77,000. How does that comply with the EU working time directive? Is the payment a complete outlier? What is the norm? It would be preferable to employ extra people rather than employ people on overtime. The payment implies there is a need to employ another body rather than have one person doing the overtime.