The following table sets out the salary scales at 1 August 2008 and 1 September 2008 of the post holders in the role of Chief Executive Officer or relevant position in each of the agencies on those dates:
|
Name of Body
|
CEO/Equivalent
|
Salary Scale
1 August 2008
|
Salary Scale
1 September 2008
|
|
Equality Authority*
|
CEO
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
|
|
€128,535 – €147,036
|
€131,748 – €150,712
|
|
Human Rights Commission*
|
President
|
High Court Judge level €237,151
|
High Court Judge level €243,080
|
|
CEO
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
|
|
€128,535 – €147,036
|
€131,748 – €150,712
|
|
Courts Service
|
CEO
|
Secretary General level €216,516
|
Secretary General level €221,929
|
|
Garda Síochána Complaints Board*
|
CEO
|
Assistant Secretary Scale
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
|
|
€128,535 – €147,036
|
€131,748 – €150,712
|
|
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC)#
|
Chairperson
|
Previously High Court Judge scale – see note below
|
Previously High Court Judge scale – see note below
|
|
Two Commissioners
|
Specific one-point scale €163,328
|
Specific one-point scale €167,412
|
|
Legal Aid Board*
|
CEO
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
|
|
€128,535 – €147,036
|
€131,748 – €150,712
|
|
National Disability Authority
|
CEO
|
Principal Officer higher scale
|
Principal Officer higher scale
|
|
|
€90,468 – €111,577
|
€92,730 – €114,366
|
|
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner*
|
Data Protection Commissioner
|
Assistant Secretary Scale
|
Assistant Secretary scale
|
|
|
€128,535 – €147,036
|
€131,748 – €150,712
|
|
Private Security Authority
|
CEO
|
Principal Officer scale
|
Principal Officer scale
|
|
|
€84,066 – €103,982 plus
|
€86,168 – €106,582 plus
|
|
|
Director’s Allowance €19,416
|
Director’s Allowance €19,902
|
|
Property Registration Authority*
|
CEO
|
Deputy Secretary scale €173,217
|
Deputy Secretary scale €177,547
|
#During the course of Judge Kevin Haugh's service with GSOC (2006 – 2009), he was remunerated as a High Court Judge. Following Judge Haugh's death in January 2009, Mr Dermot Gallagher was appointed Commissioner with a salary of €90,000.
In addition to these posts, there are also a number of other full-time Heads of Office in the Justice and Equality Sector (that are generally graded at Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Principal Officer level) responsible for the Irish Prison Service, the Equality Tribunal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Irish Film Classification Office, the State Pathology Service etc.
The issue of a voluntary pay cut is a matter for each post holder. The statutory pay reductions provided for under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009 apply in respect of all post holders with effect from 1 January 2010.
All post holders, with the exception of the President of the Human Rights Commission and the Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, are members of the relevant civil service pension scheme for established or non-established staff. The President of the Human Rights Commission and the Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission have no pension entitlements in relation to their positions as President and Chairperson respectively.
Those post holders marked with an asterisk in the table above and a number of the Heads of Office in the Justice and Equality Sector were covered by the Civil Service-wide scheme of performance related awards. No payments were made under this scheme in respect of 2008 and subsequent years following the suspension of the scheme. None of the post holders above are in receipt of cars provided by the State.
