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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 June 2011

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

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Seán Kenny

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236 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by him by grade and the pay scale by grade. [17736/11]

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There were 453.76 Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) employed in my Department at the end of May 2011 (the latest available figures). This includes individuals working in the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer and the former Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

The following table details the breakdown of staff by grade at the end of May 2011.

Grade Level

Whole Time Equivalent

Pay Scale (Where scales vary depending on the rate of PRSI contribution that applies, the scales shown are those paid to employees to whom full PRSI rates apply. Scales for those paying modified PRSI are reduced so that net pay is unchanged)The pay of a small number of individuals (for example staff on secondment from agencies external to the Department) may vary slightly from the bands shown.

Secretary General

1.00

€215,590 (this was voluntarily reduced to €214,187 and more recently further reduced voluntarily to €200,000)

Deputy Secretary

2.00

€168,000

Assistant Secretary

5.00

€127,796 — €146,191

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

4.00

€97,668 -€119,445

Principal Officer

25.83

€84,132 — €103,472

Principal Officer Higher Scale

15.80

€90,355 — €110,844

Assistant Principal

64.54

€65,185 — €80,878

Assistant Principal Higher Scale

35.40

€71,359 — €88,595

Higher Executive Officer

65.03

€46,081 — €58,294

Higher Executive Officer Higher Scale

25.50

€48,831 — €60,224

Administrative Officer

10.50

€33,247 — €58,294

Administrative Officer Higher Scale

3.80

€42,838 — €60,224

Executive Officer

60.30

€30,516 — €47,975

Executive Officer Higher Scale

18.90

€30,516 — €49,837

Staff Officer

11.43

€34,771 — €46,171

Clerical Officer

70.93

€23,177 — €37,341

Clerical Officer Higher Scale

11.80

€24,255 — €38,135

Head Porter /Services Officer (Weekly)

2.00

€563.97 — €704.36

Services Officer (Weekly)

8.00

€416.49 — €559.23

Personal Assistant

3.00

€43,715 — €56,060

Personal Secretary

3.00

€23,820 — €47,755

Special Advisor

2.00

€80,051 — €98,424

Civilian Driver

4.00

€32,965

Total Staff

453.76

All general service grades employed in my Department are paid in accordance with Department of Finance Circular 28/2009 Revision of Pay of Civil Servants. All Ministerial appointees are paid in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines "Instructions to Personnel Officers — Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil" which were issued on the 1st April 2011.

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