Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a conflict and a mechanism to slow it up. The Minister caused a brouhaha with his unrealistic announcement of €75 million in savings that was to be achieved by this. Once he drilled into it, he saw that some of the allowances were excellent value for money, were part of core pay in effect but were given through a variety of mechanisms. It would be good for the public service to rationalise them so there is not an impression that old, outdated allowances are being paid. It would be good to tidy this up.

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