Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overtime budget allocated to the Irish Prison Services for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6313/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that in August 2005, an 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. Since the introduction of the additional hours system, the only overtime payments made by the Irish Prison Service relate to general service headquarters staff. There is no annual overtime budget allocation in relation to headquarters staff, however the table below shows expenditure on overtime in each of the years in question.