Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will estimate the savings that would be made by suspending incremental pay increases in 2009 with regard to his Department and agencies within the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41043/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of providing incremental pay increases in respect of staff at my Department in 2009 is estimated to be in the order of €112,000. This amount includes provision for departmental staff seconded to the National Drugs Strategy Team, the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, the Office of the Commissioners for Charitable Donations and Bequests and Oifig An Coimisinéir Teanga.

In relation to bodies that come within the ambit of my Department, I am advised that the cost of providing incremental pay increases in 2009 is estimated as follows:

It should be noted that An Foras Teanga, comprising Foras na Gaeilge and Tha Boord O Ulster Scotch, and Waterways Ireland are jointly funded by my Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland. For completeness, I should advise the Deputy that the Dormant Accounts Board does not employ full-time staff.