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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2011

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

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Anne Ferris

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424 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Defence, notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive officer to Secretary General in his Department broken down by grade; the pension entitlements of each and any other emoluments they are entitled to receive upon reaching retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/11]

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The current payscales for civil servants from Secretary General to Higher Executive Officer is set out as follows.

Pay Scales for Established Officers Appointed pre 6 April 1995

Grade

No. of Staff

Current Salary Scale€

Secretary General

1

188,640

Assistant Secretary

2

127,796-146,191

PO Higher Scale

2

85,957-99,236

PO Standard

12

80,051-92,672

AP Higher Scale

7

67,913-79,337

AP Standard

27

61,966-72,268

AO Higher Scale

2

40,734-57,251

HEO Higher Scale

23

46,426-57,251

HEO Standard

33

43,816-51,653

Pay Scales for Established Officers Appointed post 6 April 1995

Grade

No. of Staff

Current Salary Scale€

PO Standard

1

84,132-97,417

Professional Accountant(Grade 1)

1

68,553-79,319

Technical Officer II

1

57,765-68,260

HEO Standard

3

46,081-54,329

All established civil servants are members of either the Non-contributory Pension Scheme for Established State Employees (officers appointed before 6 April 1995) or the Contributory Pension Scheme (officers appointed on or after 6 April 1995), with an associated contributory Spouses' and Children's Scheme.

These superannuation schemes are defined benefit occupational pension schemes and provide for an automatic lump sum and index-linked income after two years service. An officer's pension entitlement is determined by total reckonable service and reckonable remuneration on the last day of service.

It is not possible to provide exact figures to the Deputy for the pension entitlements and other emoluments upon reaching retirement as this would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.

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