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-----