Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Uasal Fraser as teacht os comhair an choiste seo chun an t-ábhar fíorthábhachtach seo a phlé.

Deputy Stanley was asking about how the increase of €81,000 came about.

I heard Mr. Fraser's response that the Minister wanted a figure of less than €300,000 but to this day, I have not received clarification as to how an €81,000 pay increase was actually chosen. If we look at best practice, then surely the setting of compensation for a role is always a function of a process which is detailed, analytical and comparative. From what we have seen and what Deputy Stanley spoke of earlier, there was no comparative benchmarking, little, if any risk analysis done on the impact of knock-on claims from other Secretaries General - I do not think that the Taoiseach simply saying that there will not be is enough, a risk analysis would have been necessary - and no calculations have been provided as to how the €81,000 pay increase was reached. Does Mr. Fraser think that a process which does not have comparative benchmarking, no detailed risk analysis and no provision of calculations meets even the bare minimum acceptable standards in this process?

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