Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
1622. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of officials in his Department that have waived part of their salary in 2021; the amount saved by his Department by these returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1114/22]
View answer1623. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) continues to waive a portion of their salary; the portion of their salary that has been returned to his Department for each month in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1115/22]
View answer1624. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the full cost of salary remuneration provided to the Secretary General of his Department for each month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1116/22]
View answer1652. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid to the Secretary General of his Department in 2021 to date in 2022; and the breakdown on a monthly basis of the amount paid to the current secretary general of his Department since their appointment. [1215/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1622, 1623, 1624 and 1652 together.
One official from my Department, the Secretary General, arranged on his substantive appointment to the post in April 2021 to waive a portion of his salary on a voluntary basis.
The Secretary General was appointed on an interim basis in January 2021 on his existing annual gross salary of €211,742. In April 2021, following an open Top Level Appointments Committee process, the Secretary General was appointed to the role in line with the terms and conditions approved for the post on an annual gross salary of €292,000. The revised Civil Service pay scales which became effective on October 1, 2021 increased that annual gross salary to €294,920.
Voluntary deductions from pay by any civil servant employed by the Department, including the voluntary waiving of a portion of salary in this way, are not a statutory or contractual requirement and as such the details are personal and private in respect of the individual concerned.
