Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
254. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/17]
View answer255. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 255 together.
There are one Secretary General and 6 Assistant Secretaries General in my Department, along with 2 further Assistant Secretary General equivalent posts. The current pay scales for both grades are available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at https://civilservicepayscales.per.gov.ie/.
Under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (FEMPI), for those on salaries in excess of €110,000 the salary reductions imposed under the FEMPI Act 2013 will be restored in three equal phases on 1 April 2017, 1 April 2018 and 1 April 2019. A circular setting out the revised salary rates applicable from 1 April 2017 to general Civil Service grades, including Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries General, is currently in preparation and will be issued by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.
