Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
464. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of part time public sector workers whose annual pay was reduced on a pro-rata basis following the introduction of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest 2013 pay reductions in July 2013; and if he will provide a gender breakdown of those affected. [38661/13]
View answerThe detailed data sought by the Deputy for the public service is not available to my Department. However, as the pay reductions under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 applied to only public servants on annualised remuneration of greater than €65,000, the core pay of 87% of public servants including those availing of work sharing arrangements was not subject to a reduction.
In relation to the Civil Service sector (excluding Industrial Civil Servants and Prison Service), for which I have direct responsibility, the data available indicates that of a workforce of 33,536 (head count) some 14% were impacted by the pay reduction of which 63% are male and 37% female. Of the 5663 (head count) civil servants availing of work sharing arrangements some 6.5% (324 female and 43 male civil servants) were impacted by the pay reductions on a pro rata basis.
