Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected savings to be made if all civil servants above principal officer level, and employees in State agencies at the same level, were to take a pay cut of 3% in 2009. [33468/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Based on current numbers, 3% of the paybill for all civil servants above principal officer level would amount to about €1.3 million in a full year.

As regards the wider public service, information on the paybill for those at particular grade levels in individual state agencies and other public service organisations is not readily available in my Department and details would have to be sought through each of the relevant Departments.

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected savings to be made if all civil servants above principal officer level, and employees in State agencies at the same level, continued to have their pay frozen for the duration of the new pay deal. [33469/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The new draft Agreement, if ratified, will cover a period of 21 months from 1 October 2008 to 30 June 2010 in the public service. The draft agreement provides for a pay pause of 11 months in the public service followed by increases as follows:

An increase of 3.5% from 1 September 2009; and

An increase of 2.5% from 1 June 2010 — except for those earning up to and including €430.49 per week (€22,463 per annum) on commencement of the second phase where a 3% increase will apply.

The cost of these increases for civil servants above the level of Principal Officer would be approximately € 470,000 in 2009. In 2010 the cumulative cost would be about €780,000 in the period up to the end of the Agreement on 30 June 2010. The cumulative cost for the full year of 2010 would be about €2m.

As regards the wider public service, information on the numbers at particular grade levels in individual state agencies and other public service organisations is not readily available in my Department and details would have to be sought through each of the relevant Departments.