Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances

12:45 pm

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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When there is such a large figure for overtime, it points to two possibilities. One is the structure in place is not effective in terms of delivering the best value for money with the people available and so an arrangement is made to introduce the additional hours allowance for the additional hours staff would need to work. Did the Department consider bringing in new staff?