Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2017
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rate of salary that would apply to Deputies, Senators, Ministers, Junior Ministers and An Taoiseach if in each case the Civil Service grade their salary is linked to was reduced by a grade, in tabular form; the estimated savings from such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52914/17]
View answerThe linking of the salary of a TD currently remunerated at €89,965 pa on the current Civil Service Principal Officer (Standard Scale) to the grade of Assistant Principal Officer (Standard Scale) at a current salary rate of €70,281 pa would amount to an estimated annual saving of €3.11 million.
The estimated annual saving based on a Senator's current salary of €65,311 pa reduced to 70% of the revised TD's salary rate above would accordingly amount to €967k.
The Officeholder salary which is paid to the Taoiseach, Ministers and Ministers of State in addition to their TD salary is not linked to a Civil Service grade.
