Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances

11:15 am

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The best example is the military service allowance, which is paid to people for their work over time based on the number of years for which they have done the work. Having considered the detail of it, this is not an allowance because somebody does a particular type of work well over a period of time and gets paid a little more for doing it.