Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017
81. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what pay rises public servants are due to receive under the Lansdowne Road agreement and its recently agreed successor, by salary bands and dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42919/17]
View answerThe Public Service Stability Agreement runs from 2018-20 and has a cost over that period of €887 million. The overall benefits to different income groups range from 7.4% to 6.2% over three years.
Pay increases under the agreement are scheduled as follows:
2018
- 1st January annualised salaries to increase by 1%;
- 1st October annualised salaries to increase by 1%.
2019
- 1st January annualised salaries up to €30,000 to increase by 1%;
- 1st September annualised salaries to increase by 1.75%.
2020
- 1st January annualised salaries up to €32,000 to increase by 0.5%;
- 1st October annualised salaries to increase by 2%.
A full breakdown of resulting salary benefits is available on my Department's website: http://www.per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/PSSA-2018-2020-Benefit-Tables.pdf.
Pay increases under the Lansdowne Road agreement were as follows:
2016
- 1st January annualised salaries up to €24,000 are increased by 2.5%;
- 1st January annualised salaries from €24,001 up to €31,000 are increased by 1%.
2017
- 1st September annualised salaries up to €65,000 are increased by €1,000.
The impact of these benefits can be found at the following link: http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Impact-of-pay-proposals-for-public-servants.docx.
It should be noted that in response to the anomaly created by the Labour Court recommendation on Garda pay, the Government approved an increase in annualised salaries of €1,000 for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 August 2017 inclusive for:
- those on annualised salaries up €65,000;
- who are parties to the Lansdowne Road Agreement; and
- who do not stand to benefit from the Labour Court Recommendations (CD/16/321 & CD/16/322) issued in respect of the Garda Associations.
This effectively brought forward the 1 September 2017 increase to 1 April 2017 for those public servants covered.
