Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 May 2010
201 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the remuneration package of officerholders in all forms of State agencies under the aegis of his Department which are comparable or higher than his salary, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19830/10]
View answerMy salary costs amount to €207,677, consisting of a Ministerial salary of €115,005, paid by my Department, and a Deputy's salary of €92,672, paid by the Houses of the Oireachtas.
The Secretary General, whose salary is €215,590, is the only member of staff in my Department on a comparable or higher salary.
The Chairperson of An Bord Pleanála, with a salary of €206,616 at 1 January 2010, is the only staff member of an agency under the aegis of my Department with a salary comparable to or higher than mine.
