Alan Kelly
Question:672. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 10 May 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities. [32219/22]
View answerTuesday, 21 June 2022
Questions (672)
Written answers
I refer to Parliamentary Question 630 for written reply on 10 May 2022 requesting the estimated full year cost if 200 additional prison officers were recruited in tabular form.
The information requested was not readily available at that time and I undertook to respond to you as soon as possible with the relevant information. I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the estimated full year cost of employing 200 new Recruit Prison Officers (RPO’S), as per the most recent PPC pay scales of 1 February 2022, would be:
|
Point 1 |
Point 2 |
Point 3 |
|
|
Salary |
€6,267,400.00 |
€6,509,000.00 |
€7,075,800.00 |
|
Additional Hours |
€1,514,455.20 |
€1,572,835 |
€1,709,797 |
|
Premium Payments |
€1,773,916 |
€1,839,226 |
€1,992,532 |
These costs reflect premium payments and other allowances such as Operational Allowance (8% of annual salary) and the allocation of up to 360 additional hours as provided for in the Haddington Road Agreement.
The recruitment of Recruit Prison Officers by the Irish Prison Service has been ongoing since 2017, and has regard to such factors as service needs and exit levels from the organisation. I can advise the Deputy that 133 Recruit Prison Officers were recruited in 2021, and to date in 2022 50 Recruit Prison Officers have been recruited. It is envisaged that a further 90 will be recruited throughout the remainder of 2022.