Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 July 2015
98. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all Minister's special advisers' salaries were capped at the first point of the principal officer grade, €75,647. [26624/15]
View answerThe annual saving to the Exchequer, if the salaries of the Special Advisors in my Department were capped at the first point of the non-PPC Principal Officer grade, would be €42,844.
In the context of current Special Advisor's pay, the first point of the Principal Officer scale, referred to, applies to those appointed prior to 1 January 2013.
Arising from the revised pay arrangements for certain new entrant employees to the public service who are required to be members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Circular 3/2014 refers), the appropriate first point on the Principal Officer scale is €79,401 and the annual saving would be €35,336.
