In reply to the Deputy's question the table below outlines the cost of implementing a pay increase for staff recruited on or after 1 January 2011.
Organisation
|
2%
|
4%
|
5%
|
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform*
|
€1,086,917
|
€1,108,230
|
€1,118,886
|
Public Appointments Service (PAS)
|
€31,467
|
€62,934
|
€78,667
|
Office of the Ombudsman
|
€32,121
|
€64,242
|
€80,302
|
The State Laboratory
|
€11,737
|
€23,474
|
€29,343
|
Special EU Programming Body (SEUPB)
|
€7,645
|
€15,290
|
€19,113
|
*The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in July 2011 so in answering your question in order to give a truly comparable annual figure I have used 2012 to reflect a full year cost.