asked the Minister for the Public Service the total amount of money forgone per Deputy through the non-application of public service pay agreements to their allowances in the period 1 December 1981 to 2 June 1983.
Written Answers. - Deputies Allowances.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement:
Amount forgone by each TD through non-application of the Public Service Pay Agreement of December 1981 to the parliamentary allowance in the period 1 December 1981 to 2 June 1983 inclusive.
Annual Allowance |
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Period |
Actual allowance paid |
Allowance if increased under Public Service Pay Agreement |
Difference |
Amount Forgone |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
1.12.81 to 27.1.82(1) |
13,802 |
14,078 (2% first phase increase from 1.12.81) |
276 |
43.03 |
|
18.2.82(2) to 28.2.82 |
13,802 |
14,078 |
276 |
9.04 |
|
52.07 |
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1.3.82 to 4.11.82(1) |
13,802 |
14,923 (6% second phase increase from 1.3.82) |
1,121 |
759.82 |
|
24.11.82(2) to 31.12.82 |
13,802 |
14,923 |
1,121 |
115.22 |
|
875.04 |
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1.1.83 to 2.6.83 |
13,802 |
15,669 (5% third phase increase from 1.1.83) |
1,867 |
788.27 |
|
‘Recognition Sum’(3) 1.10.82 to 4.11.82(1) and 24.11.82(2) to 31.12.82 |
14,923 |
15,669 |
746 |
147.14 |
|
935.41 |
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Total amount forgone |
£1,862.52 |
(1) Dáil dissolution dates.
(2) Polling dates. TD's allowance is not payable between dissolution date and polling date.
(3) ‘Recognition sum'. Under paragraph 1 of the amendments to the Public Service Pay Agreement the payment of the third phase (i.e. 5%) was postponed until 1 January 1983. The amendments provided that recognition be given to the postponement by payment, in two equal instalments on 1 February 1983 and 1 June 1983, of the amount involved in such postponement.