The allowances and salary payable in respect of private secretary posts in my Department are as set out in Circular 28/2009: Revision of pay of Civil Servants (Application of pay adjustments in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009).
The salary scale of my Private Secretary is €46,081 to 58,294 (HEO, PPC Scale). The allowance payable to my Private Secretary is €20,685 per annum.
I understand that second part of the question relates to the Private Secretary to the Secretary General of the Department.
The salary scale of the Private Secretary to the Secretary General in my Department is €30,516 to 49,837 (EO, PPC Scale). The allowance payable to the Private Secretary to the Secretary General in my Department is €10,951 per annum.