Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2017
48. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary scales of national cultural institutions, for example, the National Gallery, the National Museum, the Natural History Museum and the National Library; if those salaries have been reviewed; the number of posts in each institution that are paid above €75,000 to €100,000 and over €100,000, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40516/17]
View answerI am advised that employees of our National Cultural Institutions are public servants, and, as such, the salary scales attached to their posts are subject to Government policy on public sector pay. In the case of Director or CEO level posts, approval for the salary attached to each post is sought from my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
I am further advised that, in summary, salary scales in the National Cultural Institutions are as follows.
There are:
- 12 employees on salaries between €70,000 and €75,000;
- 28 employees on salaries between €65,000 and €70,000;
- 19 employees on salaries between €60,000 and €65,000;
- 23 employees on salaries between €55,000 and €60,000;
- 19 employees on salaries between €50,000 and €55,000;
- 46 employees on salaries between €45,000 and €50,000;
- 50 employees on salaries between €40,000 and €45,000;
- 95 employees on salaries between €35,000 and €40,000;
- 101 employees on salaries between €30,000 and €35,000;
- 105 employees on salaries between €25,000 and €30,000;
- 77 employees on salaries below €25,000.
There are 2 employees in the National Gallery of Ireland, 3 in the National Concert Hall, 4 in the National Library of Ireland, 9 in the National Museum of Ireland, 2 in the Chester Beatty Library and 2 in the Irish Museum of Modern Art on salaries between €75,000 and €100,000.
I am advised that there is 1 employee, in each instance the Director of the Institution concerned, in the National Concert Hall, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Library of Ireland on salaries over €100,000.
