Courts Service

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Ceisteanna (421)

Jonathan O'Brien

Ceist:

497 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the salaries of each County Registrar, their names, grades, and counties in which they are based; if he will provide details of any expenses they have claimed and are entitled to claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/12]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter)

The management and administration of the courts including responsibility for the provision of information is a matter for the Courts Service. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has provided the information as set out in the following table:

County Registrar	County
Patricia Casey	Carlow
Deirdre O’Mahony	Cork*
Kevin Doherty	Leitrim and Sligo
Mairead Ahern	Louth*
Mary Enright	Kilkenny*
Imelda Brannigan	Longford
Elizabeth Sharkey	Westmeath*
Eithne Coughlan	Kildare
Niall Rooney	Waterford*
Susan Ryan	Dublin
Fintan Murphy	Mayo*
Joseph Smith	Cavan* and Monaghan
Patrick Wallace	Clare and Tipperary*
Marian Chambers Higgins	Galway*
Geraldine O’Connor	Donegal*
Patrick Meghan	Limerick*
Paul Featherstonhaugh	Laois
William Lyster	Roscommon
Padraig Burke	Kerry*
Mary O’Malley	Meath
Verona Lambe	Offaly
Marie V. Garahy	Wexford*
Mary Delahanty	Wicklow

The current salary for the County Registrar position for Dublin is €145,952 and for Cork is €134,064. The salary for all other posts is €123,045 (pre-1995 standard rate) or €129,521 (personal pensionable contribution rate) depending on the date of their appointment. It should be noted that County Registrars have been subject to the reductions imposed in both Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interests Acts of 2009.

County Registrars serving as District Probate Registrars (denoted with an asterisk above) receive an allowance of either €7,486 (standard) or €7880.25 (PPC rate). Travel and subsistence expenses incurred in the performance of official duties are paid in accordance with the rates sanctioned by the Department of Finance. Details of the expenses paid to County Registrars by the Courts Service in 2011 are set out in the following table.

No. of County Registrars	Travel	Subsistence	Total
23	€26,974.41	€7,492.67	€34,467.08

Finally, it should be noted that expenses paid to County Registrars when acting as Returning Officer are a matter for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.