Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances

12:10 pm

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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I apologise. I was probably being a bit frivolous about the wig allowance. However, I am seriously concerned about some of the allowances judges get, which people do not seem to know anything about. From the Chief Justice down to judges of the High Court, they get what is called an annual expense allowance of €9,000. Why do they get that?