Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the definition of overtime as per the Haddington Road agreement and Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31269/16]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a difference in terms of overtime rates earned between those on salaries up to €35,000 plus and those working out doors on 39-hour contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31270/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 161 together.

Overtime generally relates to the compensation for extra attendance beyond normal working hours but the term is not defined in the Haddington Road Agreement.However, Sections 2.13 to 2.15 of the Haddington Road Agreement cover the revised arrangements in relation to overtime. Under the terms of the Agreement there is no difference in the rate of overtime for those on salaries up to €35,000. 

For those who were required to work additional hours under the terms of the Agreement, the denominator for the calculation of overtime increased and the overtime rate reduced accordingly. 

As there was no increase in hours for those who worked a 39 hour net week, as a compensating measure, an hour of overtime worked each week was unpaid until 31^stMarch 2014.

Details of the revised overtime arrangements are available on my Departments website