Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Other agencies include these as allowances. I am keen to illustrate the point. Let us consider night duty. The Irish Prison Service has an allowance for night duty, which took the place of the existing overtime payment. The Garda has an allowance for overtime that evolved from its industrial relations heritage. The Civil Service has an allowance for officials who are on call. We went through all of these. Is there a big question about the HSE definition? We have experienced this before. Is the definition of an allowance for the HSE different from the definition of an allowance for other agencies?

The Garda includes overtime within the definition of allowances.