asked the Minister for Finance the amounts payable to civil servants in respect of (a) motoring expenses per mile within the State, (b) subsistence allowances per diem in the State and (c) subsistence allowances per diem outside the State; and the totals expended by each Department on such expenses for the year 1987.
Written Answers. - Civil Servant's Expenses.
33.
I propose to circulate the information requested in the form of tabular statements in the Official Report.
Table 1: Civil Service Motor Mileage Allowances
|
Official Mileage in a mileage year |
Inclusive rate per mile |
||
|
Under 10hp |
10ph and under 12hp |
12hp and over |
|
|
Miles |
p |
p |
p |
|
Up to 2,000 |
43.40 |
49.50 |
57.50 |
|
2,001 to 4,000 |
47.50 |
54.25 |
63.10 |
|
4,001 to 6,000 |
26.30 |
29.75 |
33.55 |
|
6,001 to 8,000 |
24.95 |
27.65 |
31.60 |
|
8,001 to 12,000 |
22.20 |
24.50 |
27.73 |
|
12,001 and upwards |
19.45 |
21.35 |
24.35 |
Note
The above rates are applicable to officers using their private cars for official journeys where no suitable public transport is available. Where suitable public transport is available payment to an officer is at the appropriate mileage rates or at public transport rates, whichever is the lesser.
Table 2: Civil Service subsistence allowances.
|
Class of Allowance |
Night Allowances |
Day Allowances |
|
|
Normal Rate |
10 hours or more |
5 hours but less than 10 hours |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
A |
41.38 |
13.56 |
5.54 |
|
B |
37.19 |
13.56 |
5.54 |
|
C |
31.11 |
13.56 |
5.54 |
|
D |
26.50 |
10.24 |
5.06 |
|
E |
22.03 |
10.24 |
5.06 |
Notes
(a) Subsistence rates vary according to grade. For example, an assistant principal, or an officer of a level higher than assistant principal would be eligible for Class A rates, a higher executive officer for Class B rates etc.
(b) Night allowances are payable in respect of periods of up to 24 hours absence. The normal rate of night allowance may be paid at a given location for a limited period after which lower rates of subsistence are payable.
Table 3: Subsistence allowances paid to Civil Servants absent at certain locations abroad on official business.
I Britain
|
Night Rates |
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|
£ (Sterling) |
||
|
Class |
London |
Elsewhere |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
A Officers eligible for Class A home rates |
74.15 |
61.15 |
|
B Officers eligible for Class B home rates |
52.35 |
44.10 |
|
C All other officers |
45.00 |
33.90 |
II Other Countries
The rates shown below are those appropriate to an officer eligible for Class A home rates.
|
Country |
Night Rates |
Country |
Night Rates |
|
Austria |
Schillings |
Italy |
Lire |
|
Vienna |
1,864 |
154,000 |
|
|
Elsewhere |
1,524 |
||
|
Belgium |
Francs (Belg) 3,950 |
Luxembourg |
Francs (Lux) 5,000 |
|
Canada |
Dollars (Can) |
Netherlands |
Guilder |
|
Ottawa |
134.90 |
Amsterdam, |
|
|
Montreal |
160.20 |
The Hague |
250 |
|
Elsewhere |
143.57 |
Elsewhere |
200 |
|
Denmark |
Kroner |
Norway |
Kroner |
|
Copenhagen |
967 |
Olso |
1,148 |
|
Elsewhere |
725 |
Elsewhere |
1,208 |
|
Finland |
Markka |
Portugal |
Escudos |
|
Helsinki |
656 |
Oporto |
10,347 |
|
Elsewhere |
626 |
Elsewhere |
8,760 |
|
France |
Francs |
Spain |
Pesetas |
|
Paris |
653 |
Madrid |
13,360 |
|
Strasbourg |
459 |
Elsewhere (excluding |
|
|
Elsewhere |
434 |
Canary Islands) |
11,356 |
|
Berlin, Bonn, Bad |
Deutschmarks |
USA |
Dollars |
|
Godesberg, Bremen, |
New York |
184.10 |
|
|
Cologne, Dusseldorf, |
Washington |
150 |
|
|
Frankfurt, Hamburg, |
Elsewhere |
111 |
|
|
Hanover, Munich, |
|||
|
Stuttgart |
169.20 |
||
|
Elsewhere |
153.70 |
Day Rates
(1) Absence of more than ten hours...one half of appropriate night rate.
(2) Absence of more than five hours but not more than ten hours...one quarter of appropriate night rate.
Note
In certain limited circumstances officers may be paid ? of the appropriate overnight allowances and recouped the cost of their hotel room. This is known as the `conference rate'.
Table 4: Travel and Subsistence Payments to Civil Servants.
|
Department/Office |
Provisional Outturn 1987 |
|
£000s |
|
|
Department of Tourism and Transport |
344 |
|
Department of Communications |
206 |
|
Department of Justice |
1,614 |
|
Department of Energy |
2,890 |
|
Roinn na Gaeltachta |
97 |
|
Department of the Marine |
457 |
|
Department of Agriculture |
4,411 |
|
Office of Public Works |
1,961 |
|
Department of Social Welfare- |
1,632 |
|
Central Statistics Office |
143 |
|
Office of the Ombudsman |
14 |
|
Civil Service Commission |
29 |
|
Director of Public Prosecutions |
2 |
|
Attorney General's Office |
41 |
|
State Laboratory |
41 |
|
Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
2,558 |
|
Comptroller and Auditor General |
68 |
|
National Gallery |
14 |
|
Department of Labour |
948 |
|
Department of Defence |
212 |
|
Miscellaneous Expenses |
12 |
|
Department of Education |
1,339 |
|
Department of Foreign Affairs |
2,330 |
|
Department of Industry and Commerce |
761 |
|
President's Establishment |
9 |
|
Houses of the Oireachtas |
36 |
|
Department of the Taoiseach |
207 |
|
Department of Finance |
345 |
|
Valuation and Ordnance Survey |
1,083 |
|
Department of the Environment |
1,568 |
|
Department of Health |
238 |
|
Total |
25,610 |