Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 July 2012

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Ceisteanna (216)

Sean Fleming

Ceist:

219 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [32785/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

The number of staff currently on the payroll in each of the salary ranges requested is set out in the following table, along with the number of increments due in each category during the second half of 2012:

Salary Band €	Number of Staff	Number of Increments due-July to December 2012
Up to 40,000	1,342	240
40,001-50,000	1,002	137
50,001-60,000	619	71
60,001-70,000	111	10
70,001-80,000	150	40
80,001-90,000	167	11
90,001-100,000	180	9
Over 100,000	42	7
Total	3,613	525

Some 566 increments have been already paid in the first half of 2012 across all the various salary ranges.

The cost of these increments in a full year is estimated to be of the order of €1.4m. It is not feasible to provide the actual costs of the increments in 2012 in the time frame available, as the calculations would have to be carried out for each individual, taking account of the date the increment became payable, the amount of the increment and whether or not the staff member worked full time during the year. In addition, the awarding of an increment is dependent on satisfactory performance by the staff member.