Public Sector Pay

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Questions (281)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

336 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, following the response of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 February 2012 in which he states the remuneration of city and county managers is sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and was reduced in January 2010 in accordance with policy on pay, if he will supply in a tabular format the annual remuneration of each current city and county manager including his or her annual salary, allowances and expenses. [12609/12]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Phil Hogan)

Salaries of City and County Managers are set out in the City and County Managers (Remuneration) (No. 2) Order 2010. The salaries for City and County Managers are set out in the table:

Local Authority Manager	Salary
Dublin City Council	€189,301

Cork County Council	€162,062
Fingal County Council
South Dublin County Council

Cork City Council	€153,260
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Kildare County Council
Meath County Council

Limerick City Council	€142,469
Clare County Council
Donegal County Council
Galway County Council
Kerry County Council
Kilkenny County Council
Limerick County Council
Louth County Council
Mayo County Council
South Tipperary County Council
Westmeath County Council
Wexford County Council
Wicklow County Council

Galway City Council	€132,511
Waterford City Council
Carlow County Council
Cavan County Council
Laois County Council
Leitrim County Council
Longford County Council
Monaghan County Council
Offaly County Council
Roscommon County Council
Sligo County Council
North Tipperary County Council
Waterford County Council

There are a number of allowances available to County and City Managers.

County and City Managers may submit claims in respect of travel and subsistence expenses incurred as part of their official duties in accordance with the relevant travel and subsistence circulars. All local authorities are obliged to ensure that only essential travel is undertaken and that the number of employees going on any official journey is kept to an absolute minimum. Local authorities are also obliged to ensure that related expenditure is critically appraised and monitored.

A Manager may claim up to 7.5% of their salary in substitution of motor mileage rates contained in the travel and subsistence circulars, where a local authority considers that those allowances do not adequately recompense the Manager for the extent to which their car is used for official business.

A Manager or Assistant Manager may claim an allowance in respect of individual or casual entertainment expenses incurred by them in relation to development functions and public relations associated therewith. The level of allowance corresponds to the number of Assistant Managers and is contained in the following table.

Table
County or City Manager	Up to €2,095
Manager and one Assistant Manager	Up to €3,683
Manager and two or more Assistant Managers	Up to €5,270
Manager and three or more Assistant Managers	Up to €6,858

County and City Managers with designated responsibility for a Regional Authority may claim an allowance of €5,662 per annum in respect of these responsibilities.