Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
598. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [2916/17]
View answer599. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of assistant secretary generals 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. [2932/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 598 and 599 together.
There is one Secretary General and five Assistant Secretaries General in my Department. The relevant pay scales for these Officers are as follows:
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Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport |
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Secretary General level II (PPC) |
€ 185,350 |
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Assistant Secretary |
€ 119,572 |
€ 124,917 |
€ 130,706 |
€ 136,496 |
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Assistant Secretary (PPC) |
€ 125,761 |
€ 131,385 |
€ 137,481 |
€ 143,535 |
The determination of salary rates for public servants, including any changes arising from the Lansdowne Road Agreement or any National Agreement is a matter in the first instance for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. In this regard I understand a circular setting out the revised salary rates applicable from 1st April 2017 to general Civil Service grades, including Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries General, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.
