Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
1118 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the estimated number of man hours of overtime worked in agencies or authorities or divisions which report to him from 2008 to date in 2010; the total costs involved; the overtime premia which apply for overtime working at different times and for call outs when workers are on call. [32928/10]
View answerThe precise details required by the Deputy are not readily available as not all the bodies within Vote 19 (Office of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform) are paid directly from the centralised payroll system. The total overtime and call-out payments for the year to date paid from Vote 19 are in the region of €1.346m. This represents 1.24% of total pay related expenditure in the same period. Overtime premia vary according to grade, conditioned working hours and time worked. The criteria in question are outlined in Department of Finance Circular 27/1999 — Extra Attendance.
