The Scheme of Performance Related Pay Awards in the Civil Service applied to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It did not apply to Secretaries General.
In 2008, a total of €656,000 was paid to officers in my Department under this Scheme. The payments made related to the performance of 48 officers during the preceding calendar year. These payments were subject to tax and PRSI. The awards were made by the Committee for Performance Awards, chaired by the Secretary General for Public Service Management and Development in the Department of Finance, following recommendations by the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The salary scales appropriate to the grades in question for the period covered by the 2008 payment are set out in the table below.
Grade
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Salary Scale effective 1 December 2006
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Salary Scale effective 1 June 2007*
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Deputy Secretary
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€157,786
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€160,942
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Assistant Secretary
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€116,462 – €122,095 – €127,732 – €133,367
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€118,791 – €124,537 – €130,287 – €136,034
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*A pay increase was applied with effect from 1 June 2007 under the Towards 2016 pay agreement
Details of the operation of the Performance Related Pay Awards scheme are available in the annual reports of the Committee for Performance Awards. The Committee's April 2008 report can be accessed on the website of the Department of Finance at the following link:
http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/reports/2008/cpareport07final.pdf
No further payments were made to staff in my Department under the Scheme prior to its suspension in 2009.