Pat Carey
Ceist:128 Mr. P. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will have the rental allowance to prison officers made reckonable for pension purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21740/97]
Vol. 484 No. 2
128 Mr. P. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will have the rental allowance to prison officers made reckonable for pension purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21740/97]
I would inform the Deputy that as part of an agreement concluded with the Prison Officers' Association under clause 2(iii) of the PCW pay agreement, rent allowance paid to prison officers was made reckonable for pension purposes.