Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
297. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection 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. [2914/17]
View answerThere is one Secretary General employed in my Department. Her annual salary at 1 January 2017 was €176,350.
Under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (FEMPI Act 2015), 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, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.
