Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances
12:55 pm
Mr. Brian Purcell:
We covered some of this ground earlier. The average pay in this State is higher than in some jurisdictions and perhaps not as high as in others. By and large, however, prison officers in Ireland are well paid. This is a reflection of the nature of the job they do. It is not a job that everybody would want to do or could do.