Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 July 2012

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Questions (156)

Sean Fleming

Question:

159 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of 2011, the best estimate for 2012 of the number of persons in the following salary ranges, the total cost of the increments in respect of the persons in each of these salary ranges: less than €40,000; between €40,001 - €50,000; between €50,001 - €60,000; between €60,001 - €70,000; between €70,001 - €80,000; between €80,001 - €90,000; between €90,001 - €100,000; and more than €100,001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32786/12]

Written answers

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Deputy Jimmy Deenihan)

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to salary ranges of staff in my Department is set out in Table 1.

TABLE 1:Salary ranges of staff in the Department for 2011 and July 2012

Salary Range €	Number of staff in range 2011	Number of staff in range July 2012
Under 40,000	310	293
40,001-50,000	104	100
50,001-60,000	87	84
60,001-70,000	49	45
70,001-80,000	35	33
80,001-90,000	15	18
90,001-100,000	13	9
Above 100,000	9	9
Total	622	591

The figures above exclude temporary seasonal staff employed by my Department, of which there are currently 67 in a salary range of less than €40,000.

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the cost of increments in various salary ranges is set out in Table 2.

TABLE 2:Estimated cost of increments payable across salary ranges of staff in the Department for 2011 (June-Dec) and 2012

Salary Range €	Estimated cost of increments falling due for payment in 2011 (June-Dec) €	Estimated cost of increments falling due for payment in 2012 €
Under 40,000	107,863	163,912
40,001-50,000	38,016	65,822
50,001-60,000	44,845	66,162
60,001-70,000	15,838	28,244
70,001-80,000	28,210	44,804
80,001-90,000	10,516	5,324
90,001-100,000	3,093	13,879
Above 100,000	6,293	6,293
Total	254,673	394,440

The payment of increments in my Department is subject to staff receiving a satisfactory rating through the Performance Management Development System.