Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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. [46984/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department.

However, based on a recent reply to a Parliamentary Question, it was estimated that increments accounted for approximately 1.63% of the total pay bill of my Department for 2008.

By applying a similar percentage to the Pay bill for the years in question the Table gives an estimate of the cost of incremental pay increases for the years 2002-2008.

I wish to point out that in general no additional money is provided for incremental pay increases in any year. The additional cost of increments for staff on incremental scales is offset by reductions in costs arising from the retirement or other movements of staff at higher salary points and their replacement by staff at lower salary points.