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Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Many Limerick people have worked in the airport over many years. It has been a very positive reciprocal arrangement. I welcome the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I compliment the work of the aviation business development task force led by Rose Hynes and the change management task force led by John Fitzgerald. With regard to separation, from a regional perspective it is...

Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister expect it will be made known in the public domain that the formal corporate governance structures have been put in place? When will the final Cabinet proposal for the future structure of Shannon Airport in its separated form be known?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: How long will the process take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: So the initial areas are a short-term process. The broader review is a medium-term process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: If they are vouched, it is a reimbursement. It should be classed as an expense rather than an allowance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: A few of us.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Where has Simon Cowell gone?

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 part of 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: It was sent by e-mail last night.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: No.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry, €286.43 in year one. What of year two?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: If there is someone starting-----

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 rate of €286.42 is still below the minimum wage. I want to be fair.

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 of the FETAC and HETAC qualifications?

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 would appreciate that. I want to ask the representative bodies about the reorganisation of the Army. What is the general feeling among their membership in terms of Army morale? Where stands the body of men and women in the Army? How do they view the process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would I be pushing Mr. Rooney to ask his overall view on my point to Mr. Howard on allowances versus core pay and the structure within the Army? How does his association regard core pay? There are discussions ongoing. Can he give me a sense of the association's view on the issue of pay being given in the form of allowances as distinct from core pay? Is it unique to the Army? Would he...

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...