Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance
12:20 pm
Mr. David Cooney:
Those allowances all relate to expenditure when an officer arrives in a post before he or she has found permanent accommodation, and for costs when they return to Ireland. There are costs involved in moving home and making one’s home fit for habitation, if one has a home. The disturbance allowance has been eliminated as a result of the review of allowances.