I propose to take Questions Nos. 411 and 419 together.
In response to the Deputy’s questions I can only provide information on behalf of my Department but I understand a copy has already been submitted to other Departments in the meantime. The following table gives a breakdown of total annual savings to the Exchequer if the pay of my special advisers was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade:
Name
|
Annual Salary
Post-Haddington Road
|
1st Point
Principal Officer Grade
|
Savings
(if capped at 1st Point Principal Officer
Grade)
|
Anne Byrne
|
€84,706
|
€75,647*
|
€9,059
|
Ronan O’Brien
|
€106,880
|
€81,080**
|
€25,800
|
Total
|
€191,586
|
€156,727
|
€34,859
|
*principal officer standard scale
**principal officer higher scale