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Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 December 2013

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Questions (537)

Simon Harris

Question:

537. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details, in tabular form, of any exemptions granted by her Department or any agency under her remit to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case; the date of sanction for such additional remuneration; the rationale behind such sanction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55030/13]

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My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, advised the Deputy, in response to Parliamentary Question 227 of 10 December 2013, that it was a long standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants or civil servants for serving on a Board or holding any position in any organisation or association which receives public funding and which they attend during their working day is not permitted. Any exceptions are subject to the sanction of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and must meet certain strict conditions. The Deputy was also advised that the payment of fees to public and civil service staff who sit on State Boards was discontinued with effect from 1st November 2011.

I am happy to confirm that there have been no such exceptions granted in respect of any staff serving in my Department since its establishment in June 2011.

My Department does not generally hold information relating to individual employees of the various agencies operating under the Department's remit and, accordingly, the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. Officials of my Department have requested that the specific information requested be supplied directly to you by the agencies involved.

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