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Exchequer Savings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 July 2013

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Questions (649)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

649. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all her special advisers and those of her Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay scale. [36510/13]

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As advised to the Deputy, in response to her Parliamentary Question of the 16th July, if both my Special Advisers were capped at the first point of the Principal Officer scale, the total savings to the Exchequer in 2013 would amount of €4,535.

With effect from 1st July 2013 my Ministerial salary amounts to €70,282, which is less than the first point of the Principal Officer Standard scale which amounts to €75,647. Accordingly, capping my salary at the first point of the Principal Officer scale would result in no savings to the Exchequer.

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