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Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: The figure would largely remain the same. That would apply across the board.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: With regard to the supervision and substitution payment, it is worth €116 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: It is €118 million on an annual basis. That is not being continued for new entrants.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: It is being continued.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: It goes to teachers in primary and secondary schools.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Is there a breakdown of what the allowance is for? I saw a figure indicating that €50 million is spent annually for primary schools yard supervision. Is that included in this? Does that come under the substitution and supervision allowance?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank all of the witnesses for coming before the committee and for the very detailed information they supplied, which has been very helpful. I will begin my questions to Mr. Ó Foghlú on something he said at the end of his statement. I am interested in what is meant by current beneficiaries of allowances. Recently the Minister made an announcement that 88 allowances for current...

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Of the 88 allowances to be reviewed, 80 are in the education sector.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: This is with regard to the February deadline, whereby we hope to have a resolution by February next year.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Which are the priority areas with regard to allowances for current beneficiaries?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Will we discuss allowances today which have been prioritised by the Department for review?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: We will get into the details on them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Will we will get an opportunity to look at the draft form before it goes out?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the amount of child benefit paid to parents of twins, triplets and so on. [46653/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (24 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the recently vacated Harcourt Terrace Police Station, Dublin 2. [46652/12]

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: We were to get greater flexibility under the Croke Park agreement.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: That was its purpose, yet we were still paying allowances for greater flexibility in certain instances after the agreement came into force.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Acting up as head-----

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Do we have information on how many allowances were approved after the agreement came into force and what they were for?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: New allowances that were approved for work done.