Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances

12:40 pm

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

There are two big public sector Departments, the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Health. We have around 100,000 staff each and the number in the public sector is coming down towards 300,000, therefore, we account for about one third of the public sector. As indicated in the opening statement, the key amount of all our allowances falls into those groups for the teacher allowances which include-----