Sean Fleming
Ceist:
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Deputy Sean Fleming
asked the
Taoiseach
if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax and the list of allowances and the payment rates paid to staff that are not subject to income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Amharc ar fhreagra
The Taoiseach: Details of the allowances paid to staff in my Department which are subject to income tax are set out in the following table.
Name/Description of Allowance
|
Payment Rate
|
Press Officers “on-call” Allowance
|
5 hours overtime at double-time every week
|
Private Secretary to the Taoiseach Allowance*
|
€24,427 per annum
|
Assistant Private Secretary to the Taoiseach Allowance / Private Secretary to Minister of State Allowance / Private Secretary to Leader of the Seanad Allowance
|
€19,653 per annum
|
Shift Allowance
|
1/6th gross salary
|
Minister of State Allowance
|
€17,205 per annum
|
Half rate Private Secretary to Taoiseach Allowance
|
€12,214 per annum
|
Private Secretary to Secretary General Allowance
|
€10,370 per annum
|
Half rate Private Secretary to Minister of State Allowance
|
€9,827 per annum
|
Personal Assistant to Special Advisers Allowance
|
€7,125 per annum
|
Taoiseach’s Diary Secretary Allowance
|
€7,125 per annum
|
Half rate Private Secretary to Secretary General Allowance
|
€5,185 per annum
|
Paper Keeper Allowance
|
€3,176 per annum
|
Franking Allowance
|
€1,783 per annum
|
Machine Allowance
|
€848 per annum
|
Child Allowance**
|
€113 per child, per annum
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*Current Private Secretary is also in receipt of another allowance so this allowance is abated as per relevant Circulars.
**Only payable to certain staff recruited before 1979.
Other allowances paid to staff in my Department are a clothing allowance of €444 per annum which is payable to a small number of Protocol/Government Press Office staff, an annual footwear allowance of €65 per annum which is payable to Service Officers for outdoor duties and a Tea/Meal Allowance of €4.10 which is paid to Service Officers when they work late on Dáil sitting days.
All allowances being paid by my Department are under review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the central initiative being undertaken by that Department.