The salaries of the managers in Dublin local authorities are set in the context of manager salaries more broadly. The salaries for county and city managers are set out in the following table.
Local Authority Manager
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Salary
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Dublin City Council
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€ 189,301
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Cork County Council
Fingal County Council
South Dublin County Council
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€ 162,062
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Cork City Council
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Kildare County Council
Meath County Council
Limerick City and County Council
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€ 153,260
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Clare County Council
Donegal County Council
Galway County Council
Kerry County Council
Kilkenny County Council
Louth County Council
Mayo County Council
South Tipperary County Council
Westmeath County Council
Wexford County Council
Wicklow County Council
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€ 142,469
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Galway City Council
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
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€ 132,511
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The pay scale for Directors of Service begins at €90,453 and ends at €106,900.
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.
County or City Manager
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Up to €2,095
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Manager and one Assistant Manager
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Up to €3,683
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Manager and two or more Assistant Managers
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Up to €5,270
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Manager and three or more Assistant Managers
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Up to €6,858
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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.
Article 78 of the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 to 2012 deals with the pension entitlement of county and city managers.