Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2021
442. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of public service third-level institutions senior administrator grade I by 2%, 5% and 10% in tabular form. [32865/21]
View answerIn line with the Universities Act, 1997, third-level institutions have autonomy in relation to human resource policies, subject to compliance with Government policy in respect of employment numbers and pay policy. Employers in the higher education sector are required to operate in accordance with the provisions of national industrial relations agreements, including national pay agreements for public servants.
The new Building Momentum public service pay agreement was negotiated between the representatives from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Department of Public Expenditure and reform, and sets out the context for determining the pay of public servants to December 2022.
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/e9d23-building-momentum-a-new-public-service-agreement-2021-2022/
Data with regard to the pay of individual cohorts of staff is not held centrally in the Department due to the autonomy of third level institutions however, the salary scales for higher education employees are either published on the Department of Public Expenditure website or in the case of Universities, on their organisational websites
