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
Paschal 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.