Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding expenses for civil servants; and if those expenses have to be vouched. [45795/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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There are a range of expense allowances payable to civil servants for certain costs incurred in the course of their duties as with all employments. Some expense allowances are vouched while others such as travel and subsistence are fixed amounts based on systems developed to take account of prevailing market costs.

Travel and subsistence payment amounts were reduced by the then Government by 25% in 2009 and have not changed since.