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Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: There could be someone in every unit, such as the sergeant in charge in the station. While I do not suggest it should be each individual member, all I am saying is in each major district, there should be someone who is expert at being on top of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Okay. My suggestion really was to make use of the social media sites as a source of information for the Garda. People are putting up a phenomenal amount of information on them, which was the reason I suggested this.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: It was as a source of information for the Garda rather than as a service. However, to move on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Okay. I will move to the subject of juvenile liaison officers, JLOs. I note the Garda has 118 JLOs, who are paid a modest allowance of €30 per week. Given that JLOs probably deal with teenagers up to the age of 18 or whatever, I note that much crime begins at that age, before people move on to their 20s. I presume that more crimes are committed by younger people than by older...

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Yes, I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. I simply make the point this constitutes a significant loss to the community.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: It is not simply a matter of going from a few hours to no hours. Going from 24 hours to far fewer hours also is as great a loss.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Finally, in what is a serious discussion on allowances, I often conclude with a lighter point. No. 13, which is the plain-clothes allowance for the poor Garda sergeant is €11.60 per week, which amounts to €603 per year. However, in the case of No. 45, the plain-clothes allowance for the inspector, he or she gets €13.22 per week, which is €687 per year....

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Moreover, No. 56, which is the plain-clothes allowance for superintendents and chief superintendents, is €14.68 per week or €763 per annum. In other words, they get €160 more per year than does the poor lad who is out chasing the lads at all hours of the night. Why do the higher-ups get paid better money for better clothes when they are wearing plain clothes?

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I simply am making the observation. This issue also arose in yesterday's meeting in respect of local authorities, whereby different mileage rates applied depending on one's grade in the local authority, even though one still was driving the same car at the same cost. If a member is paid an allowance for wearing plain clothes, it is small money, but perhaps there should be a similar...

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: I did not know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: As long as there is no duplication between the two committees.

Other Questions: Transport Costs (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the context of Budget discussions, he has raised the issue of the cost of transport in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors with the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that a sugar industry will once again be established here; his views on the importance of this for food security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48263/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of tax generated by house sales for the Exchequer during 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and up to the end of September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48716/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the full list of PPP schools to be built under the stimulus package; the status of each of these projects along with the projected timeframe for completion of each stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48704/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the various stages that form the plan to consolidate the Dublin Institute of Technology in Grangegorman; the work each stage involves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48705/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the stage one work to consolidate Dublin Institute of Technology's move to the Grangegorman campus as announced as part of the stimulus package; what this stage involves; the expected timeframe for work involved in this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48706/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Court Recommendations (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he has requested the Department of Social Protection not to proceed with the approval of pension scheme for community employment supervisors/assistant supervisors as recommended by the Labour Court; if he will explain the role of his Department in dealing with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48282/12]