Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
801. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19624/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department employs civil servants and also, civilian employees attached to military installations. Thirty two civil servants and 20 civilian staff, all on an incremental pay scale, are currently employed in my Department on a salary below that specified by the Deputy.
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has overall responsibility for public service pay policy throughout the public sector and the rates applied in my Department are in line with those agreed centrally and with those being paid to equivalent grades in other Government Departments.
The Army Pensions Board, which is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927, is the only body under the aegis of my Department and its secretariat is provided from within my Department's staff and paid according to their civil service grade.
