Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
617. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within her Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2911/17]
View answer618. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of assistant secretaries in her Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary within her Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2927/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 618 together.
My Department is staffed at senior management level as set out in the table.
|
Grade |
No. |
Remuneration level (Non-Personal Pension Contribution Scale and Personal Contribution Scale) |
|
Secretary General |
1 |
Non PPC €176,350.00 |
|
Assistant Secretary |
6 |
Non PPC €119,572.00 - €136,496.00PPC €125,761.00 - €143,535.00 |
In addition, other top management posts within my Department are in the following table:
|
Grade |
No. |
Remunerated level |
|
Director General, Workplace Relations Commission |
1 |
Deputy Secretary General, PPC €161,552 |
|
Chief Operations Officer, Workplace Relations Commission |
1 |
Assistant Secretary, Non PPC |
|
Chairperson Labour Court |
1 |
Chairperson Labour Court Non PPC €156,380.00 |
|
Deputy Chairperson Labour Court |
3* |
Deputy Chairperson Labour Court PPC €125,761.00 - €143,535.00 |
|
Director of Corporate Enforcement, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement |
1 |
Principal Officer with Allowance to Assistant Secretary level, Non PPC |
|
Director Construction Contracts Unit |
1 |
Director post, Non PPC |
*plus one vacancy which is in the process of being filled
Remuneration within my Department is governed by instructions from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and is managed from within my Department’s pay allocation. 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 and Assistant Secretaries General, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.
