2,400 gardaí get over €10,000 each in overtime

MORE than 2,400 gardaí received over €10,000 each in overtime payments in 2010.

The largest amount received by one individual was €47,500.

Out of a total pay bill of about €1 billion, €220m went on allowances and €78m on overtime. In the prison service, nearly 2,000 staff received overtime payments in excess of €10,000. The biggest payment was over €31,000. The total prison pay bill of €242m included allowances of €50m and overtime payments of €35m.