Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the cost of each individual allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41407/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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A list of the allowances and current rates of allowances payable to certain categories of staff in my Department is set out below. Allowances are subject to tax with the exception of the eating on site allowance, footwear allowance and the subsistence allowance. For completeness, I should add that a small number of staff in my Department are in receipt of an allowance for the performance of higher duties. The rates payable in these instances relates to the staff member’s grade and point on the payscale.

In relation to the Deputy's query regarding the publication of business cases made by his Department in respect of allowances, I can advise that all of the business cases submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as part of that Department’s review of allowances have been published on their website and can be accessed at www.per.gov.ie.

As set out in the ‘Outcome of the Review of Public Service Allowances’, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the delegates allowance will, in common with other Departments, no longer be paid to staff of my Department. In addition, some of the other allowances listed below will not be paid to new beneficiaries, while others will be subject to modified payment terms. Details in relation to these can also be accessed on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at www.per.gov.ie.