Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
513. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of ensuring that all public servants are paid on the same salary scale as their counterparts employed prior to 2010. [27497/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 10% reductions in starting pay for certain new entrants were introduced in January 2011 as part of the National Recovery Plan in order to reduce the Public Service Pay Bill by the then Government.
The issue of addressing the difference in incremental salary scales between those public servants who entered public service employment since 2011 and those who entered before that date was addressed with the relevant union interests under the provisions of the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA). From 1 November 2013 pre and post-2011 pay scales were merged into a single consolidated scale applicable to each grade. Generally, the third point of 1 November 2013 payscale is equivalent to the first point of scale of the pre 2011 scale. Guidelines in relation to the merging of the scales are available on my Departments website http://www.per.gov.ie/en/haddington-road-agreement/.
There are various factors which impacted on the pay scale and point of scale under which employees were recruited in the period from January 2011 such as prior public service experience and incremental credit agreements. Detailed costings would require collation and estimation on an individual sector level, based on detailed data on the position of staff on each salary scale across the public service for each individual grade. This detailed data is not available to my Department.
