Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport
12:05 pm
Mr. Tom O'Mahony:
Actually, the same issue arose last year and the explanation is the same. It is probably a little bit misleading to describe this payment as an allowance. At the time, an officer of the Department was working in another agency at assistant secretary level. The officer was an assistant principal but was working at assistant secretary level in another agency and was, therefore, being paid for duties at that level.