Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the comparative cost for each year from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46979/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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There is no specific budgetary provision for staff incremental pay increases in 2009. The cost, which is part of the overall salaries provision for the Department, will be determined by the numbers of staff qualifying for increments and the stage in the year from which individual incremental payments are made. Precise information is not readily available but the estimated cost for my Department in 2008 and 2009 is €2,054,000 and €2,245,000 respectively.

It is not feasible to compile information on comparative costs from 2002 to 2007 having regard to the complexity and extent of the calculations for the staff numbers involved. Incremental increases awarded by State Agencies which come under the remit of my Department are an operational matter for the agencies themselves.