Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Exchequer Savings
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if TDs salaries were capped at €75,000 per annum. [34463/13]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if Senators salaries were capped at €60,000 per annum. [34464/13]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together.
The remuneration of members of the Oireachtas was reduced on 1 July 2013 in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013. This represented a further 5.84% reduction in remuneration for TDs, from €92,672 to €87,258. Senator’s salaries have been reduced to €65,000, in line with the legislation, which provides that the reductions in the legislation shall only operate to reduce remuneration to that level.
The estimated gross saving to the Exchequer should a cap of €60,000 be applied to the basic pay of all Senators and a cap of €75,000 be applied to all TDs, as suggested by the Deputy, is set out in the table below.
Positions | Current Cost per annum | Capped Cost per annum | Gross Annual Saving |
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TDs | €14,484,828 | €12,450,000 | €2,034,828 |
Senators* | €3,900,000 | €3,600,000 | €300,000 |
*There are currently 59 Senators, but the estimate has been calculated for the full complement of 60.
It is not possible to estimate the net saving to the Exchequer which would arise from the application of the suggested pay caps as deductions, such as PRSI and income tax, are calculated on an individual basis.
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department. [34465/13]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the chair and board member and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34518/13]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 412 together. In response to the Deputy’s questions I can only provide information on behalf of my Department only but I understand a copy has already been submitted to other Departments in the meantime. The following table gives a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board under the aegis of my Department in 2012:
State Board | Number of Members | Name of Member | Fees Paid | Expenses Paid |
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Civil Service Arbitration Board - Civil Service, Defence Forces, Gardaí & Teachers Arbitration Boards | 6 | John Doherty, Chairperson | €552 per day wef 1 July 2013 | Nil |
Gerard Barry | €392 per day wef 1July 2013 | Nil | ||
Tom Wall | €4,346 per annum wef 1 July 2013, for 11 sitting days | Nil | ||
George Maybury | €392 per annum wef 1 July 2013 | Nil | ||
Hugh Flaherty | €392 per annum wef 1 July 2013 | Nil | ||
Brendan Duffy, Adjudicator | €295 wef 1 July 2013 | Nil | ||
National Lottery Board | 7 (6 Serving) | Donal Connell | Nil | Nil |
Dermot Griffin | €11,000 | €6,911 | ||
Micheál Ó' Muircheartaigh | €12,600 | Nil | ||
Oliver Wilkinson | €12,600 | Nil | ||
Caroline Murphy | €12,600 | Nil | ||
Peter Quinn | Nil | Nil | ||
James Hyland | Nil | €3,165 | ||
Public Appointments Service | 9 (2 vacancies at present) | Eddie Sullivan, Chairman | €11,970 | Nil |
Des Dowling, Assistant Secretary - Dept of Environment, Community & Local Government | Nil | Nil | ||
Dr. Deirdre O'Keeffe, Assistant Secretary - Dept of Justice & Equality | Nil | Nil | ||
Patricia Coleman, Director - Dept of Public Expenditure & Reform (resigning from Board) | Nil | Nil | ||
Seán McGrath - National Director of HR in the HSE (resigned and replaced by) Barry O'Brien - National Director of HR in the HSE in September 2012 | Nil Nil | Nil Nil | ||
Judith Eve - former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commissioners, Northern Ireland | €7,695 | €286.99 (in respect of travel from Belfast for Board meetings) | ||
Dr. Eddie Molloy - Management Consultant | €7,695 | Nil | ||
Dan Murphy - former General Secretary of the PSEU | €7,695 | Nil | ||
Bryan Andrews as CEO of the PAS held office on an ex officio basis (replaced by) Fiona Tierney, CEO, PAS in March 2012 | Not paid as Board members - part of CEO role | Nil Nil | ||
Outside Appointments Board | 5 in total, (1 vacancy at present) | Robert Watt - Secretary General Dept of Public Expenditure & Reform | Nil | Nil |
Martin Frazer - Secretary General Dept of An Taoiseach | Nil | Nil | ||
Breege O'Donoghue | Nil | Nil | ||
Peter Malone | Nil | Nil |
The annual saving to the Exchequer if all of the above State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% would amount to €2,590.75.
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net and gross saving to the Exchequer if all public sector pay excluidng hospital consultabnt pay wer capped at €100,000 [34466/13]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net and gross saving to the Exchequer if all public sector pay was capped at €100,000. [34467/13]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the following the bands (details supplied). [34472/13]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 402, 403 and 407 together.
I refer to my replies to Questions 49133/12, 49134/12, 49188/12, 49189/12 and 49296/12 of 8 November 2012. Data is currently being collated to reflect the implementation of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2013 and its effect on salary pay bands.
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