WE sent an employee from Cork to Dublin 8 times this year for a training course.
He used his own car. WE don't have a policy in this area.
He has completed his expenses.
He wants €232 for the first 3 trips. I can almost live with that.
But he wants €434 for the fourth and subsequent trips.
He showed me the calculation. It is 520 km (Cork to Dublin round trip) @ €0.8353 per km = €434 per trip. These are civil service rates !
This is insane! Even if he used €100 in diesel and another €100 for wear and tear that seems like loads.
Why the big increase after 1500 kms ?
Where do they get these rates ?
Please tell me where we are going wrong here.
We pay €0.35 per Km so €0.40 sounds fair.If they have to use the car I will give them €0.40 per km. I think that will be fair. Policy will be updated.
I wouldn't make someone travelling for work use the bus. That just seems mean, disrespectful even, and will damage your relationship with your employees.AirCoach also provide a very good and reasonably priced service at €22 return. Journey time is 3 hours and buses leave on the hour from Batchelor's Walk (?) Dublin and from the Quays in Cork (not far from railway station)
I wouldn't make someone travelling for work use the bus. That just seems mean, disrespectful even, and will damage your relationship with your employees.
Civil Servants mileage rates will not be paid without approval.
Approval will not be given if suitable public transport is available.
If one decides to use their private car to travel to Cork when suitable public transport is available, civil servants will only be entitled to claim the cost of public transport.
‘’(viii) If public transport was available and no allowable reason exists for use of an officers private vehicle the maximum mileage allowance claimable must not exceed the cost of public transport….’’
Lots of other interesting info here;
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I know a few civil servants who frequently use buses or trains to different parts of the country for official business. There are times for various reasons when travel by car is the only option and approval will be given.
Yes, at least that. You are asking people to change their routine and that may mean different child minding arrangements etc. The very least you should do is make sure their day is not even longer because you resent them getting their travel costs covered. If travel is a routine part of their job or if they are particularly well paid that's different but otherwise they should, at the very least, have their expenses covered using the most convenient form of transport they choose.If you expect your staff to travel as part of the work, the least you can do is pay them their expenses.
Cab you post a link to that please?Do the civil service have training mileage rates ? They are significantly less than normal rates (18c per km )and if it was a training course you could use these ?
No mention here https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/per/2017/05.pdf and Google throws up little else as far as I can see.Do the civil service have training mileage rates ? They are significantly less than normal rates (18c per km )and if it was a training course you could use these ?
I'd be asking the boss to rent a car for me,if 18c was all that was on offer.Do the civil service have training mileage rates ? They are significantly less than normal rates (18c per km )and if it was a training course you could use these ?
No mention here https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/per/2017/05.pdf and Google throws up little else as far as I can see.
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