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- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: On the specific issue of teacher unions, I seek the views of Ms Nunan, who represents the INTO. Obviously there will be an issue when a young teacher begins teaching in primary school alongside a teacher who has ten or 15 years' experience, as there will be a disparity in terms of earnings-based allowances. Is that fair?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Has the INTO identified allowances for which a stronger case can be made for retention? To ask the question in another form, has the INTO identified allowances that could be discontinued?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Ms Nunan mentioned island, Gaeltacht, gaelscoil and board of management allowances. Will the INTO contest the discontinuation of those allowances?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Local authorities might be the area in which ICTU has the most knowledge. How many people in that lower income bracket would be affected by a reduction or abolition of allowances? What would these workers earn typically?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Does that mean the allowances are all overtime?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: I presume the union negotiated that position in the context of the discussions that took place that resulted in the Croke Park agreement. Was that the established position all along?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Is it frustrating for all of the witnesses to see erroneous comment or deliberately misleading comment that fuses the issue of overtime with premium rates and allowances?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: I will conclude on that as I am conscious of the time I have had on this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: I believe it is 1.8%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: In all fairness, we are straying from the subject. Are we going to discuss Sinn Féin’s tax policy too?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Can we have this minuted?
- Public Accounts Committee: Irish Congress of Trade Unions - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012)
Michael McCarthy: Scare tactics.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: I welcome the delegation. The overall pay bill is approximately €1.4 billion, of which €61 million is the cost of local authority allowances. In the overall scheme of things, local authorities do not account for the lion's share. A review of allowances has been under way since October 2011, which has led to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: On the 14 national allowances, would I be correct in saying the Secretary General found all 14 to be still relevant and recommended their continuation for new entrants?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: In relation to the next instalment of this process, the business case has been forwarded to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We have had an exchange with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. What is the next stage of the process?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: With regard to the consistency element, with 34 local authorities there is bound to be an absence of universal application of some of the allowances at least. There will also be inconsistencies in how various allowances are dealt with by local authorities. Is there a common pay scale across the 34 local authorities? With regard to how allowances are applied, if a union negotiates an...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: That would be cost-effective. Such a local arrangement would be far more effective economically.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: Does Ms Tallon have information which indicates which allowances are pensionable?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: Did the process of submitting the business plans to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform involve anybody else? Were trade unions or workers' representative associations or organisations consulted?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government - Review of Allowances (31 Oct 2012) Michael McCarthy: It has been management led.