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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: We got an idea of the top ten allowances. Would many of those be pensionable? Is the military service allowance pensionable?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: It was a question I put earlier about the pensionable allowances.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: Is it that, numerically, the greater majority of the allowances are not pensionable?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: When I was looking through the allowances I noted in the case some of the allowances that no payments have been made even through they still exist. For instance, there is a ration allowance for cadets introduced in 1937 and there was nothing paid on it last year. There was a uniform allowance for cadets which was introduced in 1939 and there was nothing paid on it. There was a search and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: On the latter one, Mr. Howard might tell us exactly what it is.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Howard does not have many discussions with PDFORRA on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: What about if the wife goes AWOL?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: Apologies. I note there is an allowance for women as well that is not the subject of discussion. I think it is prohibited. It is one of the 11 allowances to go. I am making a general point. I very much take on board Deputy McDonald's point. I was about to conclude by saying, "women and men".
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: By natural evolution in terms of change, some of them will become obsolete.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: The public sees a figure of 65. I have looked back through the allowances, including the years they were introduced, and it strikes me that they have done a disservice to people working in the Army. There is a perception that there is a myriad of allowances when in fact the military service allowance applies to virtually everyone in the Army. It has been there since 1979, over 30 years,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: The money factor is a huge one.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: As it has evolved, the allowance system within the public sector strikes me as cumbersome. I expect it is difficult to administer. The representative bodies came in the 1990s. The military service allowance has been there since 1979 which is over 30 years ago. That is clearly core pay. Why was that not incorporated into core pay? That is the bones of ten or 12 years prior to the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: I am not doing that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Howard is saying something there that we have not said.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: Clearly, looking at allowances, the Army is relatively unique amongst Departments where there is no overtime. The military service allowance makes up nearly €53 million and concerns 8,700 of the Army staff. Effectively, therefore, the bulk of the staff qualify for it. The figure was put out as including that when it is clearly core pay. I am seeking to understand why that was not...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: I am making the point in the context of the private or officer working in the Army. The perception might be that there is a myriad of allowances when it strikes me that a lot of them are core pay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: That is purely the basis from which I am coming.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: There are two other issues, one of which concerns the HETAC qualifications. The starting pay for a private soldier would strike me as being very low at €220 per week.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. To put this in context, the committee is inquiring into the area of allowances within the public sector. I seek a complete understanding, whereby members and witnesses both learn in terms of the exercise and where members ascertain which allowances comprise core pay and gain a general appreciation of how they have evolved. I am unsure whether the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: That is what I am hoping for.