An Irish woman's social, political and domestic commentary
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Monday, January 05, 2004
Prison Officers Pay
I had a query on my 90k figure for prison officers. Just cut and paste this from an IT article (link may or may not work as in archive) in November: "There aren't too many jobs like it. There are no third-level educational qualifications required to secure a position as a prison officer and training takes just two months. After that, entrants find themselves in well-paid, pensionable public sector employment with a basic salary of up to €34,000 including overtime, on a par with some professionals with a university education. And because most prison officers work 12-hour shifts, or just under seven days every fortnight, it means they are well positioned to earn the equivalent of their basic salary in overtime. Some are earning overtime up to €90,000, around four times the average industrial wage. Annual expenditure on the State's 16 prisons topped €331 million last year. Of that, €204 million went on pay, including €59.3 million on overtime. " posted by Sarah | 21:57 0 comments
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