To ask the Minister for Home Affairs whether he has received a claim for overtime from the clerical staff of the prisons service; if so, will he state when the claim will be paid.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - OVERTIME FOR PRISON STAFF.
A claim for payment of overtime has been made by officers of the clerk and schoolmaster grade at Mountjoy Prison, but such officers, under the terms of their appointment, are not entitled to payment in respect of overtime work. Having regard, however, to the special circumstances of the claim, I am making representations to the Minister for Finance in the matter.