Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
92. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2013 and 2014 of issuing hard copy payslips to staff or retired staff by her Department and agencies under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30061/15]
View answerThe costs associated with issuing hardcopy payslips for the Department and agencies are set out for the years 2013 and 2014 in a table.
From the 7th July 2011 salary payments to staff in the Department are no longer paid by PMG payable orders (cheques). All staff since then are paid by electronic funds transfer. In conjunction with this change payslips for staff are now accessible online eliminating the need to produce hard copy/printed payslips.
In some instances where a member of staff for a period of time is unable to access his/her payslip electronically a request can be made to salaries section to issue a hard copy/printed payslip. In 2013 there were 5,420 such payslips issued in respect of 7,001 staff and in 2014 approximately 5,492 were issued in respect of 6,781 staff. The payslips are self-sealing when printed and cost associated with issuing is the Department franking rate of €0.66c.
Retirees of the Department are paid through the Paymaster General.
|
Description/Year |
2013 |
2014 |
|
Payslips |
€1,875.75 |
|
|
Postage |
€3,577.22 |
€3,624.72 |
|
Total |
€5,452.97 |
€3,624.72 |
The payslips purchased in December 2013 cost €1,875.75 for a batch of ten thousand. No costs for payslips were incurred in 2014 as there was a sufficient stock to deal with staff requests. Payslips are prepared automatically by the payroll system for individuals flagged or identified on the system as requiring a hardcopy payslip and produced as part of a regular print job from the payroll system.
