John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I am just interested in the evolution of the system of allowances in some of these Departments. I do not know this, but if I went to a different jurisdiction, I doubt I would find the plethora of allowances that exist in the Department and the Irish Prison Service. We have evolved a system that would probably not be built in the same way if we had to do it all over again. In the case of some Departments, it seems allowances were created just to keep people happy and give them an easy life. In the private sector no company would adopt a system like this. Frankly, they would go to the wall if they did. It could not be tolerated and would not be successful. It is a public sector solution.