Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 2 Mar 1961

Vol. 186 No. 8

Ceisteanna—Question. Oral Answers. - Salaries and Allowances of Higher Civil Servants.

1.

Mr. Cosgrave

asked the Minister for Finance the actual and percentage increases granted recently to higher civil servants in salaries and allowances.

Minister for Finance (Dr. Ryan)

The details requested are set out in a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be circulated with the official report.

Following is the statement:—

	Increase £	Increase %
Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Administrative	£	£	%	%
(i) General Service Grades
Secretary	—	40	—	1.2
Secretary (a) (b)	—	175	—	6.2
Deputy Secretary (a)	—	145	—	5.6
Assistant Secretary (c)	125	150	6.0	6.3
Deputy Assistant Secretary	110	100	5.6	4.6
Principal (on former scale £1,755—2,180)	100	100	5.7	4.6
Assistant Principal (on former scale £1,430— 1,755)	40	100	2.8	5.7
(ii) Other Grades
Chairman, Revenue Commissioners	—	40	—	1.2
Clerk of the Dáil
Revenue Commissioner	(a)	—	175	—	6.2
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Grade I.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Grade II (a)	—	145	—	5.6
Secretary and Director of Audit, Office of Comptroller and Auditor General.Controller, Stationery Office.Registrar, Supreme CourtRegistrar, Wards of Court		125	150	6.0	6.3
Commissioner of Valuation	—	150	—	6.3
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	110	150	5.6	6.3

(a) Fixed salary substituted for scale.

(b) Also applies to 4 Assistant Secretaries.

(c) Also applies to 3 Deputy Assistant Secretaries.

	Increase £	Increase %
Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
	£	£	%	%
Superintendent Inspector, Revenue	110	Nil	5.6	Nil
Deputy Chief Inspector (Taxes), Revenue	110	Nil	5.6	Nil
Director, Special Employment Schemes Office.		110	100	5.6	4.6
Accountant, Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Controller of Stores, Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Registrar, Central Office, Supreme and High Courts.
Clerk-Assistant of the Dáil		100	100	5.7	4.6
Clerk of the Seanad
Finance Officer, Department of Defence
Secretary, Civil Service Commission
Chargé d'Affaires, Department of External Affairs.
Official Assignee, Supreme and High Courts.
Examiner, Supreme and High Courts
Senior Deputy Accountant, Department of Posts and Telegraphs	100	105	5.7	5.1
Chief Examiner, Estate Duty Office		Nil	110	Nil	5.6
Registrar, Central Office, Supreme and High Courts.		Nil	110	Nil	5.6
Accountant, Department of Finance
Airport Manager, Shannon	110	110	6.7	5.6
Probate Officer, Supreme and High Courts.		55	110	3.6	5.6
Examiner, Supreme and High Courts
Accountant, Supreme and High Courts
Deputy Accountant, Department of Posts and Telegraphs	35	110	2.1	5.9
Assistant Registrar, Wards of Court		55	100	3.6	5.7
Registrar, Central Office, Supreme and High Courts.
Superintending Officer, Department of Justice.		(Decrease)	100	(Decrease)	5.7
Deputy Finance Officer, Department of Defence.
Chief Clerk, Paymaster-General's Office		40	100	2.8	5.7
Chief Clerk, Department of Lands
Registrar, Department of Lands
Deputy Accountant, Department of Industry and Commerce.
Deputy Controller of Stores, Department of Posts and Telegraphs
Secretary, Valuation Office
Clerk-Assistant of the Seanad
Senior Assistant Registrar, Registry of Deeds.
Senior Examiner, Estate Duty Office
Inspector Higher Grade I (Taxes), Revenue.
Secretary, Office of Charitable Donations and Bequests	Nil	100	Nil	5.7
Principal Clerk, Oireachtas	Nil	100	Nil	5.7
Registrar, Central Office, Supreme and High Courts	40	100	3.0	5.7
Chief Inspector of Services, Department of Posts and Telegraphs	40	110	2.8	6.7
Assistant Director, Land Commission		Nil	110	Nil	6.7
First Secretary, Department of External Affairs.
Establishment Officer, Department of Defence.
Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court		40	110	3.0	6.7
Assistant Examiner, Supreme and High Courts.
Inspector Higher Grade II (Taxes), Revenue	Nil	110	Nil	7.2
Surveyor, Customs and Excise	40	90	3.0	5.9
Assistant Registrar, Central Office, Supreme and High Courts.		35	105	2.9	7.3
Assistant Probate Officer, Supreme and High Courts.
Chief Clerk, Accountant's Office, High Courts.
Assistant Examiner, Supreme and High Courts.
Junior Assistant Registrar, Registry of Deeds.
Professional etc. Grades
Legal Assistant, Attorney General's Office	—	175	—	6.2
Solicitor, RevenueChief State Solicitor	(a)	—	175	—	6.2
Parliamentary Draftsman
Director, Statute Law Reform and Consolidation Office.		—	145	—	5.6
Chief Medical Officer for the Civil Service	(a)
Chief Medical Adviser, Department of Health.
Director, Central Statistics Office (a)	—	270	—	10.9
Legal Assistant, Attorney General's Office.		125	150	6.0	6.3
Registrar of Titles and Deeds, Land Registry.
Inspector of Mental Hospitals, Department of Health.
Assistant Parliamentary Draftsman
Engineer-in-Chief, Department of Posts and Telegraphs.		110	150	5.6	6.3
Principal Architect, Office of Public Works.
Chief Engineer, Office of Public Works
Chief Engineering Adviser, Department of Local Government.
Chief Inspector, Department of Lands
Solicitor, Department of Lands
Finance Solicitor
Director of Veterinary Services, Department of Agriculture.
Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture	320	370	18.2	17.0
Public Trustee and Chief Examiner of Title, Department of Lands	110	120	5.6	5.3
Director, Meterological Services	195	170	10.5	7.8
Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, Department of Posts and Telegraphs.		110	100	5.6	4.6
Director Land Project, Department of Agriculture.
General Inspector and Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools, Department of Education.
Chief Inspector, Primary Branch, Department of Education.
Chief Architectural Adviser, Department of Health.
Deputy Chief Medical Adviser, Department of Health.
Assistant to Chief State Solicitor		100	100	5.7	4.6
State Chemist
Assistant Inspector of Mental Hospitals	Nil	100	Nil	4.6
Chief Inspector, Technical Instruction Branch, Department of Education	110	105	5.9	5.1
Deputy Director of Veterinary Services Department of Agriculture	Nil	105	Nil	5.1
Legal Adviser, Department of Local Government		100	105	5.7	5.1
Chief Staff Valuer, Valuation Office
Inspector of Audits, Department of Local Government.
Assistant to Director, Statute Law Reform and Consolidation Office.
Inspector General, ForestryDeputy Director, Land Project, Department of Agriculture.		100	110	5.7	5.6
Deputy Registrar and Chief Examiner of Titles, Land Registry.
Assistant Chief Inspector, Secondary Branch, Department of Education.
Deputy Chief Inspector, Primary Branch, Department of Education.
Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Department of Posts and Telegraphs.		Nil	110	Nil	5.6
Assistant Chief Engineer, Office of Public Works.
Assist. Principal Architect, Office of Public Works.
Planning Officer, Department of Local Government.
Fire Adviser, Department of Local Government.
Architect-in-Charge, Department of Local Government.
Assistant Chief Engineering Adviser, Department of Local Government.
Principal Engineering Adviser (Mechanical) Department of Health.
Senior Medical Inspector, Department of Health.
Deputy Chief Architectural Adviser, Department of Health.
Chief Airports Engineer, Department of Transport and Power.
Chief Aeronautical Officer, Department of Transport and Power.
Chief Airports Architect, Department of Transport and Power.
Senior Inspector, Land Commission
First Assistant Solicitor, Revenue
Superintending Senior Research Officer Department of Agriculture.
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Department of Agriculture.
Director, Veterinary Research Laboratory, Department of Agriculture.		220	110	14.3	5.6
Resident Physician and Governor, Dundrum Asylum.
Director, Geological Survey, Department of Industry and Commerce.
First Assistant Solicitor, Finance Solicitor's Office.
Director, National Museum
Director, National Library
Senior Inspector, Department of Agriculture.
Solicitor, Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Medical Inspector, Department of Health (a)	—	110	—	5.6
Assistant Director, Meteorological Services	205	195	12.5	10.5
Senior Inspector, Vocational Education Branch, Department of Education	55	110	3.6	5.9
Principal Local Government Auditor	95	145	6.4	8.0
Senior Statistician	110	320	7.2	18.2
Inspector and Scientific Adviser, Fisheries.		270	210	20.5	12.0
Inspector and Engineer, Fisheries
Dental Adviser, Department of Health		45	80	2.7	4.3
Ophthalmic Inspector, Department of Health.
Chief Inspector, Special Employment Schemes Office.		55	100	3.6	5.7
Senior Inspector, Secondary Branch, Department of Education.
Divisional Inspector, Primary Branch, Department of Education.
Director, National College of Art
Staff Valuer, Valuation Office
Senior Forestry Inspector
Agricultural Economist, Central Statistics Office	(Decrease)	100	(Decrease)	5.7
Chief Translator, Oireachtas	70	100	5.1	5.7
Examiner of Title, Land Registry, Department of Justice.		110	100	8.3	5.7
Regional Assistant Director, Land Project, Department of Agriculture.
Assistant State Chemist	145	100	11.0	6.3
First Assistant Solicitor, Department of Lands	145	155	11.0	10.1
Deputy Keeper, Public Record OfficeAssistant Deputy Keeper and Keeper of the State Papers, Public Record Office		(Decrease)	55	(Decrease)	3.6

	Increase £	Increase %
Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
County Registrar, Class I	—	135	—	5.0
,,,,,, II	—	120	—	5.3
,,,,,, III	—	120	—	5.8
,,,,,, IV	—	98	—	5.1
,,,,,, V	—	108	—	5.9
Allowances paid to County Registrars for acting as District Probate Registrars	Increase £	Increase %
County Registrar, Cork	68	82.9
County Registrars, Limerick, Mayo, Waterford	18	22.0

1. The question has been taken as referring to increases granted with effect from 1st January, 1960, or later.

2. The figures relate to the pay of (i) married men or (ii) unmarried men whose remuneration is not governed by differentiation on a marriage basis.

Mr. Cosgrave

I understood from what the Minister said last week that all categories had been included either in an earlier arrangement or in the most recent arrangement. If there are a few exceptions, would the Minister favourably consider them if they are brought to his notice?

Dr. Ryan

I should like the Deputy to let me know the exceptions he thinks should be included.

Mr. Cosgrave

I understand there are a few cases which are not included in either arrangement.

Dr. Ryan

I think there are a few which are not published yet because negotiations are not complete.

Mr. Norton

Would the Minister say what was the operative date? Was it the same in all cases?

Dr. Ryan

It was not. In some cases it went back to January, 1960, and in some cases to 1st April, 1960.

Mr. Norton

Could the Minister say precisely why there was a differentiation?

Dr. Ryan

First of all, there is the consideration that we do not go back before the claim was made. That is one reason. There are other considerations as well.