Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Our ability as Deputies to function in these buildings is crucially dependent on the ushers and service officers. They are the first in and the last out, but, in general, they are pretty poorly paid. I raised with the Taoiseach a while ago the issue of the divisors for calculating overtime for ushers still being based on the old Croke Park hours. Essentially, this deprives the ushers and service officers of additional overtime payments. Equally, the service officers for some time have been looking for allowances for some of the additional duties they do and for which they do not get recognition for. I ask the Taoiseach to examine these issues out of respect for the important role the ushers and service officers play for all of us in these buildings.

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