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Public Sector Staff Increment Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Ceisteanna (540)

Joe Higgins

Ceist:

540. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the level of the aggregate reduction in the public sector pay bill if the pay relativities which applied across the public sector prior to the implementation of the Buckley Report recommentations, were restored, while holding the current rates of pay of middle income and clerical public servants constant and taking the current salary of a HEO in the Civil Service as the base line; if he will provide a breakdown of said aggregate figure, by Department in the core Civil Service and by sector in the public service. [39209/12]

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Freagraí scríofa

The Exchequer pay bill is a function of employee numbers, salary points and the mix and range of salary points which vary from year to year. The detailed data necessary to undertake an exercise to determine the estimated impact on the Exchequer Pay Bill across the public service from a revision of the current relativities to December 2004 (pre Buckley Report) levels is not available to my Department. As an indicative exercise, the table that follows this reply details the existing pay rates of a number of civil service grades (max point) including those covered by the Buckley report in September 2000, their pay relativities to the HEO Grade as a base (pre Buckley Report rate) and similar data for those civil service grades at current salary rates. The data shows that the impact of public service pay control measures including the pension related reduction (effective from 1 March 2009), pay reduction (effective from 1 January 2010), together with the reduced pay levels and public service pay cap imposed by this Government at senior levels have been progressive and largely negated the impact of excessive senior civil service pay awards including the 15.9% awarded under the Buckley Report to senior grades in September 2000.

Grade

April 2000 max pay

2000 ratio to HEO

2012 max pay *

2012 ratio to HEO

2012 with Pay Related Deduction

2012 net ratios

Sec Gen 1

€128,597

3.46

€200,000

3.43

€181,050

3.34

Sec Gen 2

€121,539

3.27

€200,000

3.43

€181,050

3.34

Sec Gen 3

€115,100

3.27

€189,474

3.25

€171,629

3.17

Dep Sec

€92,168

2.48

€173,684

2.98

€157,497

2.91

Ass Sec

€78,516

2.11

€153,885

2.64

€139,777

2.58

Principal

€93,733

1.78

€103,472

1.78

€94,657

1.75

AP

€72,266

1.35

€80,678

1.38

€74,257

1.37

HEO

€52,136

€58,294

€54,215

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