Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the overtime budget spent for the Garda Síochána and the Prison Service for each year since 2004 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28676/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.

Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána

Overtime Expenditure in the Irish Prison Service

* In August 2005, agreement was reached between the Irish Prison Service and the Prison Officers' Association on the Proposal for Organisational Change in the Irish Prison Service. A key element of the agreement was the elimination of overtime working and its replacement with an Additional Hours system. The introduction of the Additional Hours system has led to a very significant decrease in overtime expenditure by the Irish Prison Service since 2005. Since the introduction of the Additional Hours system, the only overtime payments made by the Irish Prison Service relate to headquarters staff.