Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022
323. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by her Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in her Department. [12472/22]
View answerThere are currently 1480.72 full time equivalent staff employed by my Department.
The current annual salaries of the highest and second highest paid persons employed by my Department are €205,199 and €172,888 respectively.
All staff in my Department are paid in line with the relevant DPER circulars setting out the Civil Service salary scales, the most recent of which, Circular 04/2022, can be found online at www.gov.ie/en/circular/ef515-application-of-1st-february-2022-pay-adjustments.
