Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances

11:50 am

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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We have had some correspondence and appendices to the correspondence so I have a couple of general questions before dealing with specific allowances. In Appendix A there are examples of teachers and allowances they might receive. There is a basic salary and the total value of allowances is added for the gross salary. Tax is paid on the gross total. There has been some misinformation about that in the media. The gross salary is also used in calculating the pension.