Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 January 2021
270. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to measure compatibility of private sector experience and allow it to be carried over into the public sector, including in the health service. [45054/20]
View answerGovernment policy continues to be that starting pay on recruitment from open competition for all posts within the public service should be at the minimum of the relevant salary scale and should not be subject to negotiation. These arrangements are set out in the Department of Finance letter 23 December 2010 ref. E100/8/82 and cover, inter alia, appointments to the civil service, the defence sector, An Garda Síochána, the prison sector, the local government sector, the health sector, the education sector, non- commercial State bodies and agencies.
While starting pay on appointment is governed by these arrangements and by the rules of the particular recruitment competition, the letter of 23 December 2010 does allow for a Head of a Department to make a case for higher starting pay where they are of the view that, in exceptional circumstances, a higher starting pay is justified.
