Public Sector Pay

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 July 2012

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Ceisteanna (142)

Sean Fleming

Ceist:

145 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection in respect of 2011, the best estimate for 2012 of the number of persons in the following salary ranges, the total cost of the increments in respect of the persons in each of these salary ranges: less than €40,000; between €40,001 - €50,000; between €50,001 - €60,000; between €60,001 - €70,000; between €70,001 - €80,000; between €80,001 - €90,000; between €90,001 - €100,000; and more than €100,001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32798/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton)

The table shows the number of staff in the Department within each of the salary ranges as at 1 July 2011 and 1 July 2012, the numbers of those who are expected to receive an increment in 2012, almost half of all staff, and an estimate of the gross cost of those additional increments in 2012. The increase in numbers is primarily due to the transfer of almost 1,100 former Community Welfare service staff into the Department on 1 October 2011 and over 700 former FÁS staff into the Department on1 January 2012.

Salary band €	Number of staff in band at 1st July 2011.	Number of staff in band at 1st July 2012.	Estimated number of staff who will receive increments during 2012	Estimated gross cost of increments in 2012 for staff within band €
Under 40,000	3,325	3,685	2,027	1,037,995
40,001 – 50,000	1,138	1,472	576	403,392
50,001 – 60,000	496	1,217	352	252,950
60,001 – 70,000	49	130	51	55,008
70,001 – 80,000	106	174	48	54,768
80,001 – 90,000	35	70	33	46,945
90,001 – 100,000	39	45	19	30,086
100,001 plus	18	26	8	18,918
Total	5,206	6,819	3,114	1,900,062