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- 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) Seán Fleming: It sounds as if the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform asked the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government for the details of the allowances and that the latter only sent details on €17 million out of the total of €61 million. It has held back three quarters of the information, but perhaps I am wrong.
- 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) Seán Fleming: Ongoing.
- 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) Seán Fleming: Perhaps I did not spot that subtle point. We know that at least 160 local authority allowances at a cost of €44 million are not on the list of 1,100 allowances. The business cases are part of an ongoing process, but I believed the figure of 1,100 was the total. More allowances might still come through from other Departments. Is the group of 160 allowances the largest across all...
- 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) Seán Fleming: When I consider local authorities, the issue of travel comes to mind. Many local authority staff members must use their own cars, for which they probably receive a quarterly allowance. I am sure that when they started the job, they measured how far they travelled in a three or six month period. I ask Ms Tallon to explain this arrangement. People have complained to me that in local...
- 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) Seán Fleming: I would like to think I am wrong, but I have heard complaints. It seems unfair that this would be the case, but I am assured that it does happen.
- 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) Seán Fleming: People use their own cars. I do not believe an area engineer who hops into his or her car 20 times a day can record all of the journeys made; therefore, there must be some allowance for travel payable to various grades in various counties. I ask Ms Tallon to discuss this matter or provide us with a note on it. I am not saying there is anything wrong with it; an area engineer must have a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Is it a good achievement given the significant increase in prisoner numbers, with overtime gone and bearing in mind that staff numbers have not increased?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Regarding the additional allowances, does it ever happen that someone is asked to work beyond the 360 hours in the band?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: How is it balanced for any one individual?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: If 360 hours per year amounts to 90 hours per quarter, let us say someone ends up working 112 rather than 90 hours per quarter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: I refer to the court escort figure, which 58 members of staff receive. It amounts to approximately €2,000 gross per annum, which is not a lot of money. Why are so few staff involved in court escorts? I had assumed more were involved.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps Mr. Donnellan can explain that point, which not everyone understands.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: How many members of staff are in that unit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Does it supplement the section?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Do people receive an extra allowance if they are in Portlaoise and must head to Dublin for the day and do not know how long it will take?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Are some of the 145 staff members based in each prison?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: Concluding on a lighter point, the service has a number of dogs for searching in prisons. Is there a special arrangement for dog handlers? Are the dogs brought home?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: I am sure only certain people would want to do that kind of work.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: It seems modest enough. Who minds the dogs? Do they remain in the prison overnight?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Seán Fleming: How many dogs does the service have? I said I would finish on a lighter note. It is not the end of the world.