I am advised that that the tables below indicate the numbers of staff that were on salaries between €80,000 and €100,000 during the years concerned. It should be noted that this takes account of the reconfiguration of the Department from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in 2015 to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional and Rural Affairs in 2016 and more recently to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in 2017.
2015 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Institution
|
Grade
|
No of Staff
|
Salary Scale
|
Department
|
Principal Officer Higher
|
3
|
€81,080 - €98,995
|
Department
|
Principal Officer
|
9
|
€75,647 - €92,550
|
Department
|
Assistant Principal Officer Higher
|
2
|
€67,434 - €83,510
|
Arts Council
|
Director
|
1
|
€79,401- €97,194
|
Arts Council
|
Assistant Principal Officer Higher
|
1
|
€67,434-€83,510
|
Irish Film Board
|
Director
|
1
|
€85,127- €103,976
|
Irish Film Board
|
Engineer Grade I
|
1
|
€65,000 - €80,140
|
Chester Beatty Library
|
Director - Fixed Point
|
1
|
€90,591
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
Director - Fixed Point
|
1
|
€85,720
|
National Concert Hall
|
Director - Fixed Point
|
1
|
€91,041
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Director - Fixed Point
|
1
|
€93,297
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€75,459 - €97,092
|
National Library of Ireland
|
Director
|
1
|
€75,647 - €92,550
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Director
|
1
|
€81,080 - €98,995
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€79,401- €97,194
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Keeper
|
2
|
€65,000 - €80,140
|
Foras na Gaeilge (An Foras Teanga)
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€75,647 - €92,550
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
€79,401 - €97,194
|
Waterways Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
€75,647 - €92,550*
|
2016 - Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Institution
|
Grade
|
No of Staff
|
Salary Scale
|
Department
|
Principal Officer Higher
|
5
|
€81080 - €98,995
|
Department
|
Principal Officer
|
10
|
€75,647- €92,550
|
Department
|
Assistant Principal Officer Higher
|
2
|
€67434 - €83,510
|
Arts Council
|
Director
|
1
|
€79,401- €97,194
|
Arts Council
|
Assistant Principal Officer Higher
|
1
|
€67,434-€83,510
|
Irish Film Board
|
Engineer Grade I
|
1
|
€65,000-€80,140
|
Chester Beatty Library
|
Director
|
1
|
€81,080-€96,995
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
Director - Fixed point
|
1
|
€85,720
|
National Concert Hall
|
Director
|
1
|
€81,080 -€98,995
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€79,401-€97,194
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Director - fixed point
|
1
|
€93,297
|
National Library of Ireland
|
Director
|
1
|
€96,726-€109,580
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€79,401-€97,194
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Keeper
|
2
|
€65,000-€80,140
|
Foras na Gaeilge (An Foras Teanga)
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€75,647-€92,550
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
€79,401-€97,194
|
Waterways Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
€75,647-€92,550*
|
2017 - Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Institution
|
Grade
|
No of Staff
|
Salary Scale
|
Department
|
Principal Officer Higher
|
3
|
€83,519 - 102,212
|
Department
|
Principal Officer
|
11
|
€77,849 - 95,487
|
Department
|
Assistant Principal Officer
|
2
|
€67,434 - 83,510
|
Arts Council
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
€81,767-€100,333
|
Arts Council
|
Assistant Principal Officer Higher
|
1
|
€69,397-€86,054
|
Irish Film Board
|
Engineer Grade I
|
1
|
€66,777-82,538
|
Chester Beatty Library
|
Director
|
1
|
€83,519-€102,212
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
Director - Fixed point scale
|
1
|
€88,360
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€81,767-€100,333
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Director
|
1
|
€95,018-€113,711
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€77,849 - €95,487
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
Keeper
|
2
|
€66,777-€82,538
|
Foras na Gaeilge (An Foras Teanga)
|
Principal Officer
|
3
|
€77,849-€95,487/ €81,767-€100,333
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
€81,767-€100,333
|
Waterways Ireland
|
Director
|
1
|
€98,554*
|
Waterways Ireland
|
Principal Officer
|
2
|
€77,849-€95,487*
|
*Waterways Ireland is a North/South body and, depending on their location, some employees are paid in sterling. Sterling earnings are converted at average exchange rate for each year.