List of public service allowances
Disturbance – Covered by 28 night’s subsistence at the Dublin rate for the officer and 50 per cent for returning dependents to assist in meeting costs of reintegration.
HEALTH
HSE
Island inducement allowance - €1,766 per annum January 2010; €1,589 January 2011
Cardiac allowance - €16.89 per week
Second opinion - €500
Consultants continuing medical education allowance - €3,000
GAELTACHT
Cannot exceed 7.5 per cent of basic salary
Travel allowance for non-nursing personnel €26.32 per week
Coordination and overseeing of undergraduate student therapists during clinical placements €230 per annum
SHANNON DEVELOPMENT
Travel allowance
Special allowance
A spokeswoman for Shannon Development said: "The total of these two allowances represents just over 0.5% of Shannon Development’s total staff costs." Shannon Development’s staff costs for 2011 were €13.8 million.
GARDA
Clerical allowance - €4,781.35 per annum
Clerical/Temp allowance - €4,781.35 per annum
Gaeltacht allowance – 7.5 per cent of salary
Promotion exam grant - €202.47
Transport allowance - €507.30
Change management - €6,239.60
Exam bonus inspector - €665.00
Transport temporary - €507.30
Bicycle allowance - €2.77 per week
Aran Island - €1,463
PRISON SERVICE
Industrial supervisor (kitchen and baker) duty allowance - €5,760 to €6,064
Tuck shop - €2,659 to €2,801
Court escort - €1,488 per escort
Clerk to the prison visiting committee - €11,500
Locking allowance - €3,106
Clerk to the Sentence Review Committee - €771
Clerk to the Security Committee - €554
The abolition of six different clothing allowances would, according to the Prison Service’s business case proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, result in “To be verified – not more than €130,000.”
OPW
The Office of Public Works did not reveal the monetary value of six different committee allowances proposed for abolition.
STATE INDUSTRIALS
Uniform allowance
Senior Foreman allowance
The above allowances refer broadly to various grades across a number of different departments.
STATE LABORATORY
Meat processing (60 per cent post mortem allowance ppc) - €46.74 per week
Meat processing (0.5 of above rate modified) €22.20 per week
The combined annual total for the above allowances is €3,585
TAOISEACH
Clothing allowance - €444 per year
ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY
Bus allowance – Three Dublin-based service officers receive €1,760 per annum
Compiled by DAN GRIFFIN
