Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2012
461. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the cost of each individual allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41406/12]
View answerIn answer to the Deputy’s question, the attached document details all allowances paid to staff in my Department in 2011 and the annual cost for each allowance for that period. It is expected that the outturn for 2012 will be less due to the discontinuation of certain allowances and the number of staff, in receipt of an allowance, who have retired this year.
The business cases made by my Department have been published by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and can be found on their website at www.per.gov.ie under Latest Documents “Review of Public Sector Allowances and Premium Payments – Business Cases submitted for review”. The business cases listed refer to the allowances that specifically relate to my Department and do not refer to allowances that are common to all Departments.
ALLOWANCES PAID IN 2011
|
Pay Code Description |
Value Euro |
No of recipients in 2012 |
|
Annual Personal to Holder Payment |
29,654.01 |
15 |
|
Annual Personal to Holder Payment Top Up Allowance |
48,176.54 |
12 |
|
Ass. Head Service Officer All |
11,847.72 |
4 |
|
Child Allowance |
10,175.91 |
38 |
|
Computer Programmer |
13,215.80 |
6 |
|
Extended Absence |
14,715.98 |
2 |
|
Eating On Site Allowance |
13,090.15 |
31 |
|
Employee Assistant Off Allow |
11,564.80 |
0 |
|
Equipment Storage Allowance |
1,313.52 |
4 |
|
Extra Duties (This allowance was paid in 2011 for duties carried out up to 2010 – it is not proposed to make any further payments of this allowance) |
244,154.61 |
0 |
|
Foreign Delegates Allowance |
206,778.60 |
145 |
|
Forklift Driving Allowance |
2,332.20 |
3 |
|
Franking Machine Allowance |
30,111.18 |
19 |
|
Harbour Master Allowance |
1,690.00 |
0 |
|
Higher Duty Allowance |
139,067.97 |
19 |
|
Housing Allowance |
58,966.07 |
5 |
|
I.T. Gratuity - Heo |
8,499.92 |
2 |
|
Key Holder Allowance |
47,719.78 |
30 |
|
Lab Attendant Allowance |
2,736.24 |
1 |
|
Home Office Accommodation |
96,067.88 |
94 |
|
On Call Allowance (While overall the number of beneficiaries is 200, only a small number (20% approx) are rostered at any given time) |
474,615.07 |
200 |
|
Post Mortem Room Allowance |
48,251.49 |
12 |
|
Press Officer Allowance |
7,100.34 |
1 |
|
Private Secretary Allowance (Includes 3 officers currently serving. The remainder are retained elements of allowance relating to previous service in the position) |
84,513.60 |
8 |
|
Relief Van Driving Allowance |
1,288.56 |
3 |
|
Rendering Allowance |
81,658.77 |
29 |
|
Shift Allowance |
276,292.50 |
39 |
|
Shredding Allowance |
1,146.60 |
1 |
|
Special Duty Allowance |
846,812.18 |
281 |
|
Special Edition Allowance |
12,296.96 |
0 |
|
Specified Pathogen Free Unit Allowance |
1,544.64 |
0 |
|
State Store Allowance |
1,144.52 |
1 |
|
Storekeeper Allowance |
622.44 |
1 |
|
Synchrolift |
4,467.47 |
10 |
|
Telephone Rental Allowance |
2,208.72 |
14 |
|
Teleporter Driving Allowance |
1,212.64 |
2 |
|
Tool Allowance |
12,871.66 |
0 |
|
Travel Allowance |
6,886.32 |
1 |
|
Van Driving Allow - Post Apr95 |
26,785.66 |
16 |
|
Total Cost for 2011 |
2,883,599.02 |
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