Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
533. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to outline the cost of introducing a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 or €600 for all full-time employees under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27785/16]
View answerSalaries are paid to my Department’s staff, and to staff of bodies operating under its aegis, in line with policies and pay scales set by the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform. The estimated additional annualised costs of introducing the salary levels specified by the Deputy are listed in the following table. These estimates are based on current staffing and pay levels and include the cost of paying equivalent increases on a pro-rata basis to part-time employees.
Cost of introducing a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 and €600 for all employees of the Department Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Bodies operating its aegis, as of the 26th September 2016
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Body |
ANNUALISED COSTS OF INTRODUCING MINIMUM WEEKLY GROSS WAGE OF €480 |
ANNUALISED COSTS OF INTRODUCING MINIMUM WEEKLY GROSS WAGE OF €500 |
ANNUALISED COSTS OF INTRODUCING MINIMUM WEEKLY GROSS WAGE OF €520 |
ANNUALISED COSTS OF INTRODUCING MINIMUM WEEKLY GROSS WAGE OF €560 |
ANNUALISED COSTS OF INTRODUCING MINIMUM WEEKLY GROSS WAGE OF €600 |
|
DAHRRGA |
€162,882 |
€213,650 |
€260,992 |
€369,007 |
€496,616 |
|
Arts Council* |
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|
Ulster-Scots Agency |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Irish Film Board* |
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|
Chester Beatty Library |
€6,998 |
€10,129 |
€14,873 |
€34,991 |
€62,257 |
|
Crawford Art Gallery |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Foras na Gaeilge |
€10,640 |
€14,002 |
€19,887 |
€36,046 |
€53,579 |
|
Heritage Council |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€620 |
|
IMMA |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€1,935 |
|
National Concert Hall |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
National Library of Ireland |
€1,897 |
€5,028 |
€8,340 |
€34,686 |
€75,539 |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
€30,252 |
€41,210 |
€53,194 |
€97,958 |
€204,338 |
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€0 |
€0 |
€449 |
€2,536 |
€4,623 |
|
Waterways Ireland |
€5,677 |
€8,037 |
€12,680 |
€38,416 |
€155,948 |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
€3,264 |
€6,077 |
€10,253 |
€27,755 |
€54,886 |
|
Western Development Commission |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Total |
€221,610 |
€298,133 |
€380,668 |
€641,395 |
€1,110,341 |
*The data relating to the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
The deferred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.
