The salaries for county and city managers, effective from 1 July 2013, are set out in the table:
Local Authority Manager
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Salary
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Dublin City Council
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€ 175,721
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Cork County Council
Fingal County Council
South Dublin County Council
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€ 150,977
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Cork City Council
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Kildare County Council
Meath County Council
Limerick City and County Council
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€ 142,966
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Clare County Council
Donegal County Council
Galway County Council
Kerry County Council
Kilkenny County Council
Louth County Council
Mayo County Council
North and South Tipperary County Council
Westmeath County Council
Wexford County Council
Wicklow County Council
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€ 133,072
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Galway City Council
Waterford City Council
Carlow County Council
Cavan County Council
Laois County Council
Leitrim County Council
Longford County Council
Monaghan County Council
Offaly County Council
Roscommon County Council
Sligo County Council
Waterford County Council
|
€ 123,910
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The pay scale for Director of Service, effective from 1 July 2013 extends from €85,217 to €100,348.
County and City Managers and Directors of Service are entitled to claim for travel and subsistence costs incurred as part of their official duties, in accordance with the relevant travel and subsistence circulars. All local authorities are obliged to ensure that only essential travel is undertaken and that related expenditure is critically appraised and monitored.
A County or City Manager may claim up to 7.5% of their salary in substitution of motor mileage rates contained in the travel and subsistence circulars, where a local authority considers that those allowances do not adequately recompense the Manager for the extent to which their car is used for official business.
A Manager or Director of Service may claim an allowance in respect of entertainment expenses incurred by them in the course of their duties. The level of allowance is related to the number of Directors of Service, as set out in the following table:
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€
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County or City Manager
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Up to €2,095
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Manager and one Director of Service
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Up to €3,683
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Manager and two Directors of Service
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Up to €5,270
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Manager and three or more Directors of Service
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Up to €6,858
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County and City Managers with designated responsibility for a Regional Authority may claim an allowance of €5,662 per annum in respect of these responsibilities. In addition, in one instance, a once-off ex-gratia payment of €30,000 was sanctioned in 2012 in respect of a Director of Service who, on an interim basis, had taken on the duties of interim CEO of the Limerick Regeneration Agencies, prior to their reintegration into the Limerick local authorities.
These expenses/allowances are not reckonable for pension purposes.
My Department has recently written to all local authorities requesting confirmation regarding their compliance with public sector pay policy.