Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I have no doubt. The figures would be pretty much in line with whatever a Secretary General gets, which is the top of the tree, and what a service officer gets, at the bottom of the tree. It would be very easy to provide that information. I ask the Deputy to recognise that all the pay cuts realised in the Croke Park agreement and its predecessors have been graded in such a way that the higher the earner the greater the percentage cut made. The rates have been graded in a progressive way in all the pay cut rounds, including the one currently under consideration. There has been an effort to recognise that and no doubt that change will have brought down the ratio the Deputy remarked upon. It probably should be taken into account that the pension levy, which was also progressive, is probably included in gross pay rates. The Deputy is using gross pay but is not taking into account the progressive pension levy that is paid only by the public service, which may distort the figures. We will definitely provide him with the numbers and whatever notes might help him.