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- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: These were specific allowances fashioned for the unique nature of particular Departments, but there is another category.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: When did the Department decide not to apply it to new entrants? When did that come about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Are new entrants compensated in a different fashion for not having the allowance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: They are not. In effect, they receive €4,000 less than someone who joined the Irish Prison Service ten years ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Fair enough. When I went through the material, it caught my eye that a nurse officer within the Irish Prison Service was getting 18 allowances and an assistant governor, 17. These numbers struck me as being quite big. Will Mr. Donnellan explain the reason for this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Can I quickly go back to the issue of relativities? Other than the rent allowance - Mr. Donnellan has explained that it dates back to 1961 - have other allowances been borrowed from the Garda Síochána and adopted by the Irish Prison Service over time? Have other allowances that were standard within the Garda Síochána been incorporated into the Irish Prison Service?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Mr. Donnellan mentioned the significant deal brokered in 2005. From his perspective, how have the changes that followed the agreement reached with regard to overtime and allowances worked out in the last seven years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I would like to tease that out. What are the challenges to which Mr. Donnellan refers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Does Mr. Donnellan believe the system of paying allowances in lieu of overtime is better?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I thank Mr. Donnellan. I want to ask Mr. Purcell a couple of questions about specific allowances that caught my eye when I was going through the various lists. It is indicated in one of the columns that the Gaeltacht allowance is variable. Approximately how much is paid to each of the 341 recipients of the allowance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Fair enough. Does Mr. Purcell have any idea what the amount in question is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I would like to ask about the employee and pay numbers that have not been reduced. Can Mr. Purcell give us an idea of the overall staff figure? Is it the same as it was in 2010 and 2011?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I am asking about the figures for pay, allowances, overtime, attendance, employers' PRSI and everything else. I am curious that there does not seem to be a difference between the figures for 2011 and 2010. I would have assumed that there would have been a decrease.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: We will come back to them if Mr. Purcell can find them. Officials from the Department of Education and Skills appeared before the committee yesterday. My interest in this area relates to the origins of allowances and how they are deemed to be pensionable. When representatives of the Garda Síochána are in attendance next week, I will ask them how the radio allowance paid to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: In England and Wales, the average salary of a prison officer is approximately £28,000. What is the average salary of a prison officer here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Does that include pensionable allowances?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: It is approximately 35% on top of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: The average would be quite a bit above that in England or Wales if one adds that in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Why is that?