Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
9:00 am
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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Where is the 7% increase in compensation that has been budgeted for coming from? It is a massive cause for concern that €16 million of citizens' funds is being given as compensation. In some cases, this may be for work-related accidents but, in many cases, these are settlements with members of the service who have taken action against management decisions or members of the public taking civil cases relating to Garda wrongdoing. What is the breakdown? How many are illness-related?