Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
298. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection 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. [2930/17]
View answerThere are ten Assistant Secretaries General employed in my Department. The annual cost for each Assistant Secretary General at 1 January 2017 is as follows: €119, 572 (x 2 Assistant Secretaries), €124,917 (x 2), €130,706, €136,496 (x 4) and €143,535.
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 Assistant Secretaries General, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.
