Sorca Clarke
Question:
516. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33594/21]
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It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy to provide this information as soon as it is available.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 516 to my Department, which was for answer on 22 June 2021 and in which you requested the number of workers employed by my Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of the Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour.
As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available and I undertook to contact you again. Please find a response to this question provided below for your consideration.
The Department of Justice has 217 officers who currently earn less than €12.30. This is comprised of five Service Officers and 212 Clerical Officers, who are on the lower incremental points of their respective pay scales. As officers progress in their roles, they move up the incremental scale for their grade, and their earnings increase.
As the Deputy will be aware, the pay scales for Civil Servants are set by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; they are applied unilaterally to the appropriate grades, and individual Departments have no scope to amend or adjust the scales.
GSOC
GSOC has 16 Service Officers who currently earn less than €12.30.
Courts Service
There are two Service Officers in the Courts Service currently earning less than €12.30.
Legal Aid Board
The Legal Aid Board has two trainees who are currently earning less than €12.30. The rates payable for such trainees are guided by the Education Committee of the Law Society of Ireland.
