Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
626. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General 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. [2903/17]
View answer627. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of assistant secretaries general in her Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general in 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. [2919/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 626 and 627 together.
There is one Secretary General and three Assistant Secretaries General in my Department.
The details in respect of their annual salaries are in the following table:
|
Annual Salary at 1st January 2017 |
|
|
Secretary General |
€167,300 |
|
Assistant Secretary General |
€130,706 |
|
Assistant Secretary General |
€124,917 |
|
Assistant Secretary General |
€119,572 |
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.
