Some staff in Leinster House were working so much overtime that they almost doubled their salaries, according to an internal audit.
The inquiry found that two employees in the Superintendent’s office had received overtime payments worth 81% and 86% of their basic salaries.
The overtime payments almost doubled their basic salaries: in the case of the first employee from €36,801 to €69,248, including €29,641 in overtime and €2,805 in allowances, and for the second employee from €30,747 to €63,244, including €26,374 in overtime as well as allowances of €6,122.
