Mary Lou McDonald
Ceist:334. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the net and gross annual saving to the Exchequer if VEC chief executive officers' salaries were capped at €100,000. [34481/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 16 July 2013
Ceisteanna (334)
Freagraí scríofa
The Deputy will be aware that, on 1 July 2013, the 33 VECs were replaced by 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). Accordingly, I propose to answer the Deputy's question by reference to the Chief Executives of the ETBs. There are three categories of ETBs for the purposes of pay scales for Chief Executives. Based on the mid point of these scales, my Department estimates that the gross annual saving to the Exchequer, were pay for the Chief Executives to be capped at €100,000, is of the order of €144,000. As Chief Executives are employees of and paid by the ETBs, information relating to the net saving is not available.