Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
543. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each 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. [2901/17]
View answerMy Department currently has one person with the grade of Secretary General Level II with a salary of €176,350.
Pay restoration for Secretaries General will be governed by the provisions of Section 3 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015. Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement, for those on annualised remuneration in excess of €110,000 restoration will be in three equal phases with the first phase due to take place in April 2017 and the two remaining phases in April 2018 and 2019.
