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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: While researching this yesterday I came across a parliamentary question which Deputy Creed put to every Department in October 2012. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's answer went through the allowances payable by the Department, starting with allowances that are common to more than one Department and to which every civil servant would be entitled. Then it listed some that are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: So they are all in the €77 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: That is what I was looking for. I wanted to be sure of that. I thank Mr. Cooney. The figures from the answer to the parliamentary question add the cost of living allowance to the local post allowance, child foreign allowance, other foreign service allowance, rent, furniture, school fee, assistant, representation, health insurance and medical expenses, detention, disturbance and temporary...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: I do not intend this to be confrontational. I just want to tease out some of the details. May I go through each of the headings and get an understanding of what they are and the basis behind them? I apologise if Mr. Cooney does not have the parliamentary question before him. It says the estimated cost of living allowance was €2.4 million in 2012 and was paid to 335 people who...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: Do all the staff serving abroad get a cost of living allowance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: So a significant portion of people serving abroad do not receive a cost of living allowance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: Could Mr. Cooney give us a breakdown of the numbers serving abroad who are and are not receiving this allowance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: The reason I asked about the local post allowance and linked it to the cost of living is because the reply to the parliamentary question in 2012 said approximately 325 received it at any one time. The local post allowance, which Mr. Cooney has told me is separate and has a separate function and meaning, was received by the same number of people, 325. It was not an insignificant amount, at...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: I agree. I would like to ask a few more questions on them. If Mr Cooney cannot answer, he may get back to me. That is no problem.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: I appreciate Mr. Cooney is from the Department of Health and may not be completely au faitwith every aspect of every pay structure. If someone else in the room has the information I would be happy for them to come forward. Does the cost of living allowance, as calculated for other countries, include in its calculation higher rents in those countries?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: Could Mr. Mythen find out if that includes accommodation costs? That is often a significant factor in cost of living differentials. On the basis that there is a rent allowance separate from the cost of living allowance, I am trying to ascertain that there is no double counting.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: How is the rent allowance calculated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: I welcome Mr. Cooney and his officials. I echo the comments of colleagues about the quality of the service offered by the Department and its good work. I was on holidays in Australia during the Christmas break visiting my brother and was tracked down by Noel White who wanted to avail of any opportunity to meet a Member of Parliament to tell him or her what he was doing. That was proactive....

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: Are all of the 585 staff who are abroad posted from Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: They are Dublin-based but posted abroad.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: We have a general figure. Will Mr. Cooney break down the allocation for salaries, wages and allowances?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Licence Applications (5 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if any interest has been expressed by third parties in seeking a banking licence to set up an Islamic bank in view of the 50,000 Muslim people resident here who, under sharia or Muslim law, are forbidden from paying interest on finance agreements to cater for their mortgage requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (5 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the long delay in securing a site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the timeframe in which the site acquisition stage will be completed; if he has been in touch with the school and the patron in relation to the delay in securing a site; the reason he has given to the school and the patron for the delay; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (5 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed phase one development of works for a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be done in a manner that will allow sufficient space on site so that any phase two works can include a necessary school hall/gym; the proposed timescale for phase two works; if a hall/gym will be included in such plans; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2014)

Derek Nolan: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to restrictions relating to Government contracts wherein an applicant must be a member of the construction workers pension scheme; his views on whether this is a fair and competitive practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11085/14]