Wednesday, 5 Jul 2023

Written Answers Nos. 1-45

Departmental Staff

Ceisteanna (29)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

29. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will list the salaries of each of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [30867/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Taoiseach (Deputy Leo Varadkar)

Staff employed in the Department of the Taoiseach are aligned to existing Civil Service grades and paid on the appropriate pay scales which are published on Gov.ie.

The table provides the salaries of the top ten highest paid civil servants in the Department of the Taoiseach.

Grade:	Gross Annual Salary:
Secretary General	€ 242,250
Assistant Secretary General	€ 167,534
Assistant Secretary General	€ 167,534
Assistant Secretary General	€ 167,534
Assistant Secretary General	€ 167,534
Assistant Secretary General	€ 146,454
Principal Officer	€ 125,135
Principal Officer	€ 125,135
Principal Officer	€ 122,568
Principal Officer	€ 122,568

Questions Nos. 30 to 43, inclusive, resubmitted.

State Bodies

Ceisteanna (44)

Fergus O'Dowd

Ceist:

44. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Taoiseach the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other public body under the aegis of his Department for each year since 2020, in tabular form. [33060/23]

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The Taoiseach

The salary of the Chief Officer of the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of my Department, is provided below in tabular format from 2020 to date. No other benefits, including loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefits-in-kind, were paid during this period. Payment is aligned to Civil Service pay scale of Assistant Secretary and increases provided were aligned to the national pay adjustments under the Building Momentum agreements.

Year	Gross Salary
2020	€135,209
2021	€143,872
2022	€157,530
2023 (to date)	€83,173

Departmental Equipment

Ceisteanna (45)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

45. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated expenditure on same to remedy the situation; and the software that was used. [33164/23]

Freagraí scríofa

The Taoiseach

The situation described has not arisen in the Department of the Taoiseach.