Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances

11:40 am

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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I thank all of the witnesses for coming before the committee and for the very detailed information they supplied, which has been very helpful. I will begin my questions to Mr. Ó Foghlú on something he said at the end of his statement. I am interested in what is meant by current beneficiaries of allowances. Recently the Minister made an announcement that 88 allowances for current beneficiaries in the public sector were to be reviewed. Mr. Ó Foghlú spoke about 80 allowances in the education sector alone. Are we discussing the same process?