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- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Is it correct that the result was €18,000 or €19,000 per head in extra payments for the 3,000 prison officers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: How much was it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: What were the allowances payable after that happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: The operational allowance cost approximately €10 million or represented an 8% increase in the pay bill.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: It would be approximately €11 million now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: There is a rent allowance, which is approximately €4,000 per head.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: It is now approximately €4,000 per head and paid to 3,000 staff. The figure is €14 million, or approximately €4,000 per head.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Then there is the figure of €10.6 million. Therefore, prison officers received a benefit of €18,000 per head by way of the attendance allowance, of €4,000 per head through the rent allowance and an operational allowance which amounts to 8% of basic pay. All in all, they have an extra €26,000. What is the average take home pay of an average prison officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Is it correct that it is approximately €43,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Is that core pay?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Prison officers receive approximately €43,000. The minimum salary is €31,000 and the maximum, €43,000. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: I am talking about the average prison officer, not the new recruit. That is the lowest level.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: What is the average take home pay of the average prison officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Does that figure include the amounts of €18,000, €4,000 and €3,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Is Mr. Clinton including the average assistant chief officer, prison officer and recruit prison officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Therefore, average take home pay is approximately €62,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: The maximum is €62,000. How does that compare with payments in the United Kingdom?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Is there any comparison?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: As they do not work the same hours, could one have a per hour comparison?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)
Shane Ross: Average take home pay there is approximately £32,000.